Assistant Scientist

Temple University's Lewis Katz School of Medicine is searching for an Assistant Scientist!

Salary Grade: T24

Salary Range: $40,000 - $50,000

A variety of important factors are reviewed by HR when considering salary, including job duties, the applicant’s education and experience, all relevant internal equity considerations, department budget, and funding source.

Become a part of the Temple family and you will have access to the following:

A hybrid work schedule

Full medical, dental, vision coverage

Paid time off

9 Federally Observed Paid Holidays

3 Personal Days

Tuition remission - eligible employees and their dependents can obtain a degree TUITION FREE

A generous retirement plan and so much more!

Position Summary:

He/she will perform experimental procedures in the laboratory of Dr. Michael Selzer relating to an NIH-funded project to use fetal brain-derived exosomes to identify molecular markers that can predict whether an at-risk fetus will be born with a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.  He/she will work under the direct supervision of Dr. Nune Darbinian.

Required Education and Experience:        

* Bachelor’s degree in Biology, Neuroscience, Biochemistry, Biostatistics or related field.                                       

Required Skills and Abilities:

* Proficiency in basic wet laboratory procedures and equipment use

* Proficient writing skills

* Ability to use excel spreadsheets to archive data for analyses

Essential Duties:          

* She/He will perform all the biochemical and molecular assays, maintain inventories, order supplies, and generally participate in the organization of the laboratory.

* She/he will be responsible for the preparation of exosomal protein samples from serum, from 150 EtOH-used subjects and 75 controls.

* She/he will assist Dr. Darbinian in studies related to the isolation of exosomal mRNA from fetal brain-derived cell type-specific exosomes from maternal blood from EtOH-exposed subjects and characterization of fetal neural, OL-, microglial, astrocytic-exosomes, by performing pathway-specific arrays.

* She/he will perform cytokine/chemokine studies for this project.

* Collaboration with research team members (CRC, clinicians, PI, assistant professor, biostatistician, and student workers) to plan wet-lab tasks, support patient recruitment and follow-ups, and integrate labora