The Chong Lab at UChicago Medicine's Section of Transplantation is seeking to facilitate and contribute to the scientific direction of their research, particularly in areas of transplantation tolerance and islet cell transplantation for diabetes. This role will support ongoing laboratory work that complements surgical achievements.
Requirements
- Expertise in cellular immunology including in vitro cell culture techniques, and multiparameter flow cytometry including data analysis.
- Advanced knowledge in molecular biology including RNA-seq, single cell RNA-seq and retrovirus cell transfection.
- Applies molecular biology techniques such as RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) and single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) to study gene expression profiles.
- Works with mouse models of transplantation and pregnancy.
- Designs, executes, and analyzes experiments involving in vitro cell culture techniques to investigate cellular immune responses.
- Manage complex data sets for research.
- Reviews laboratory protocols and training on new techniques.
Responsibilities
- Works with mouse models of transplantation and pregnancy.
- Designs, executes, and analyzes experiments involving in vitro cell culture techniques to investigate cellular immune responses.
- Applies molecular biology techniques such as RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) and single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) to study gene expression profiles.
- Serves as a resource for collecting data and performing analysis.
- Contributes to facilitating and promoting a research project by providing scientific or intellectual information.
- Reviews laboratory protocols and training on new techniques.
- Manage complex data sets for research.
Other
- PhD in related field.
- 2-5 years of work experience in a related job discipline.
- Ability to effectively communicate with and train others, including undergraduate and graduate students
- Effective analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Resume (required)
- Cover Letter (required)
