Technician III – Cornell University’s Nancy E. and Peter C. Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering

Cornell University; Town of Ithaca (NY); Sur place; USD 42 000 - 52 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Cornell University in Ithaca, NY is seeking a full-time research technician for the Brito Lab in the Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering to advance translational programs from computational predictions to therapeutics for inflammatory bowel disease and autoimmune disease.

The role covers molecular biology, protein biochemistry, and cell-based assays, with opportunities to support in vivo efficacy studies and to contribute to independent projects while maintaining lab operations.

Responsabilités

• Participate in independent and ongoing research projects on host-microbiome interactions and validation of therapeutic candidates.
• Assist with general lab upkeep and day-to-day laboratory operations.
• Validate predicted protein-protein interactions involving cloning and molecular assays, and perform functional and cell-based assays.
• Work with recombinant protein expression and purification; option to support in vivo efficacy studies if applicable.

Description du poste

Who We Are

Building on our 150-plus-year legacy as one of the nation’s preeminent engineering colleges, the Cornell David A. Duffield College of Engineering is a purpose-driven, inclusive community committed to developing the knowledge, capabilities, and people needed to forge a better future. Comprising more than 10 schools and departments, we are rooted in Ithaca, New York, with a growing presence in New York City and a global network of alumni and collaborators. Guided by our core values, our faculty and staff regularly engage across disciplines and intentionally bring together a range of perspectives as they lead and support ambitious efforts to tackle societal challenges, develop the next generation of leaders, and make a meaningful difference in the world.

Who We Are

Building on our 150-plus-year legacy as one of the nation’s preeminent engineering colleges, the Cornell David A. Duffield College of Engineering is a purpose-driven, inclusive community committed to developing the knowledge, capabilities, and people needed to forge a better future. Comprising more than 10 schools and departments, we are rooted in Ithaca, New York, with a growing presence in New York City and a global network of alumni and collaborators. Guided by our core values, our faculty and staff regularly engage across disciplines and intentionally bring together a range of perspectives as they lead and support ambitious efforts to tackle societal challenges, develop the next generation of leaders, and make a meaningful difference in the world.

The primary mission of Cornell’s Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering is to educate students to understand the human body as an integrated system through quantitative engineering analysis and to use that understanding to design better therapeutic strategies, devices, and diagnostics.

A mission of nearly equal importance is to serve society by conducting research that develops quantitative linkages across scales in the human body and uses that development to build new tools to improve human health.

What You Will Do

This is a full time, two-year term position with the possibility of renewal based on available funding, performance, and business needs.

The Brito Lab, located in the Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering (BME) is seeking a full-time research technician who will help build and develop new technical approaches for a translational program from the lab that turns computational predictions of human-commensal protein interactions into novel therapeutics for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and autoimmune disease.

The work involves molecular biology, protein biochemistry, and cell-based functional assays. The technician will be expected to participate in independent and ongoing research projects pertaining to host-microbiome interactions and the validation of therapeutic candidates, as well as assist with general lab upkeep. Experimental duties are highly variable but may include: validating predicted protein-protein interactions involving cloning and molecular assays, functional and cell-based assays, and recombinant protein expression and purification. There may also be the option to support in vivo efficacy studies. The technician will