Duties/Responsibilities: 
Responsibilities include participating in the design, implementation and evaluation of collaborative research studies; 
Analyzing and interpreting data; 
Creating publication quality figures summarizing data; 
Assisting with manuscript and grant preparation; 
Maintaining a legible and self-explanatory scientific notebook, and presenting results during lab meetings and at appropriate scientific conferences. 

Above all, major duties will be to conduct bench research as deemed necessary and appropriate by Dr. Song and to assist and/or collaborate with other research staff on scientific pursuits of mutual interests. 
Specifically, perform a series of molecular and cellular analysis on both human and mouse specimens such as Western blot, qRT-PCR, ChiP assay and immunostaining Culture and maintain human and mouse cells. Perform tail vein injection of mice Analyze immune cell profiling and transcript profiling. Keep detailed records of all experiments and procedures in laboratory notebooks, databases and spreadsheets. Process tissue for microscope slides Conduct background literature research on relevant topics. 

 

All required qualifications must be included in the application materials

Required qualifications:
BA/BS or a combination of related education and work experience to equal four years.
Skills in molecular biology, cellular biology, basic bioinformatics, and mouse models
Strong motivation and fast learning ability


Preferred qualifications: 
MD is preferred. 
Less than three years of post-graduate research experience in the fields of liver cancer, immunology, metabolic diseases, microRNA, and RNA drug delivery At least one first-author publication. Skills in molecular biology, cellular biology, basic bioinformatics, and mouse models required, which includes hydrodynamic injection, hepatocyte isolation, DNA and RNA isolation, western blot, northern blot, southern blot, real-time RT-PCR, luciferase assay, florescence microscopy, immunostaining, mouse mating, small animal surgery, and primer design. Strong motivation and fast learning ability are required.

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