Research Scientist I
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Job Location:
Cambridge, MA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
6 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
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Description & Requirements
Reducing the burden of serious mental illness through research the Stanley Center aims to exploit the most advanced technologies for human genetic analysis in order to understand disease mechanisms for psychiatric disorders identify potential biomarkers and ignite needed progress in therapeutics. Our goal is to derive biological insights from disease associated genes contribute to new understandings of pathogenesis the identification of biomarkers and above all new treatments.
The Broad Institute is in search of a highly motivated and capable Research Scientist to join the Pan Lab at the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research. The candidate will develop gene-specific cellular molecular assays working with a multidisciplinary team to validate disease associated phenotypes in cellular models including cell lines and iPSC- induced models. Excellent technical optimization and problem-solving skills will be required.
OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY
The successful candidate will develop establish and routinely perform cellular protocols to probe the molecular and cellular mechanism of how genetic variants impact protein and cellular function and confer disease risk. Support in vitro biophysical and/or cellular assays to understand protein function in both normal and dysfunctional brains. The researcher will be responsible for communicating results to the scientific community through conference presentations and publications and within Broad Institute internal communications.
Minimum requirements
- Expertise in high throughput assay development. Strong trouble shooting skills.
- Experience in ion channel assay development is strongly preferred.
- Ph.D. in Neuroscience or related life science field or MS with 20 years of a proven track record of experience will also be considered.
- Outstanding personal initiative and communication and enjoy team working environment.
The successful candidate will be a results-focused team-oriented creative bench
scientist able to excel in a fast-paced environment. She or he must be self-motivated detail-oriented and exhibit strong problem-solving addition the successful candidate should be a clear and effective communicator demonstrating strong interpersonal skills to enable collaboration with project teams peers and management in identifying and achieving research goals.
Key Skills
- Laboratory Experience
- Machine Learning
- Python
- AI
- Bioinformatics
- C/C++
- R
- Biochemistry
- Research Experience
- Natural Language Processing
- Deep Learning
- Molecular Biology
About Company
Broad Institute is a multidisciplinary community of researchers on a mission to improve human health.
