Research Associate
- Employer
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- Location
- Worcester
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- Academic Affairs, Research Staff & Technicians
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
Job Details
Job location: Worcester
Employment Type: Full-time
Posted data: 2019-09-09
Req: R0000703
JOB TITLEResearch AssociateLOCATIONWorcesterDEPARTMENT NAMEBiology & BiotechnologyDIVISION NAMEWorcester Polytechnic Institute - WPIJOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARYPosition for a Research Associate in a Biology and Biotechnology academic lab is available. Degree requirements include a BS with a Biology or related major. Responsibilities and skills should be consistent to provide technical support for an active research laboratory working with plants.JOB DESCRIPTION
Responsibilities will include: Provide support for NIH funded research on vesicle trafficking in plant cells. Contribute to planning and conducting experiments, data recording, and analysis, demonstrating and updating protocols, maintaining and generating cell cultures, maintaining and calibrating equipment, providing support for other laboratory members, presenting results during lab meetings, writing sections for publication, ordering and maintaining stocks. Skills include independence, attention to detail, providing written and oral communication, teamwork, and time management.
FLSA STATUSUnited States of America (Exempt)WPI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability. We are seeking individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences who will contribute to a culture of creativity and collaboration, inclusion, problem solving and change making.Organization
Founded in Worcester, Mass., in 1865, WPI was one of the nation's earliest technological universities. From our founding days, WPI has taken a unique approach to science and technology education.
Our undergraduate and graduate students emerge ready to take on some of the most difficult challenges in science and technology. More important, they understand how their work can truly impact society and improve our lives.
Great Minds at Work in the classroom and around the world
WPI's academic departments offer more than 50 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in science, engineering, technology, management, the social sciences, and the humanities and arts, leading to the BA, BS, MS, ME, MBA, and PhD.
At sites as close as our home city of Worcester and at over 40 other locations in 25 countries,WPI’s Global Projects Program immerses students in new cultures to tackle unstructured problems in ways that are meaningful to local sponsors in real communities. This is not your typical study abroad.
WPI faculty members and students are engaged in advanced, multidisciplinary research across a broad range of fields—from cutting-edge work in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, to explorations of the technological and policy issues surrounding cybersecurity, to studies of issues as diverse as firefighter health and security and the fire safety challenges of green buildings.
A highly regarded institution
Among recent honors for WPI are the 2016 Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education and the No. 1 ranking for “faculty who best combine research and teaching.” (Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Ed, 2016)
A beautiful campus in a central location
WPI’s compact 95-acre campus is set atop one of Worcester’s “seven hills” on the residential outskirts of town. Old English stone buildings are focal points of the architecture, but modern facilities have moved in to claim their own space on the immaculately kept grounds. WPI’s newest building, the Foisie Innovation Studio, is slated to open in Fall 2018 and will house high-tech classrooms, makerspaces, labs, and a residence hall for 140 students.
Learn more at wpi.edu.
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