Assistant Academic Research Scientist: Immunology

Role Description

The Emory Vaccine Center within the Emory National Primate Research Center at Emory University is currently seeking an Assistant Academic Research (AR) Scientist to join our team. Our work consists of leading research projects focused on evaluating human cellular immune responses in cohorts of children and adults affected by HIV and tuberculosis. Activities within this project involve designing, optimizing, and conducing immunology assays and single-cell multi-omics assays; performing analysis and presentation of data analysis; contributing to manuscripts and grant proposals; participating in lab meetings and journal clubs; supervising students in the lab; and contributing to overall lab management operations.

The ideal candidate should be highly self-motivated, dependable, detail-oriented, have a positive attitude and passion for research. The Assistant AR Scientist will be a team player who is willing to learn on the job and collaborate with lab members and center members. The Assistant AR Scientist will work to ensure the highest quality of laboratory research support, and has good communication skills with co-workers, the management team, PI’s, research staff, students, and other support services. Experience with high-dimensional spectral flow cytometry panel design and optimization, single-cell transcriptomics, multiplex arrays, FlowJo, and R programming is preferred.

Qualifications

• PhD or MD or Master’s degree and five years of professional level experience in a technical or research lab. Internship experience or experience prior to attaining the qualifying degree is not considered eligible work experience for this job classification.
• Excellent interpersonal and written and verbal communication skills
• Experience with human blood sample processing and sterile cell culture
• Experience with multi-parameter spectral flow cytometry panel design, sample acquisition, and data analysis
• Experience with ELISA and multi-plex assays (MSD, Luminex)
• Experience with single-cell RNA-sequencing assays and data analysis
• Proficiency with computational immunology
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, FlowJo, Prism, and R
• Experience with specimen biorepository management
• Experience with developing and maintaining biosafety protocols

Application submission: https://staff-emory.icims.com/jobs/165821/job