Brandeis University is delighted to announce a career opportunity as an Associate Research Scientist. The Associate Research Scientist will be involved in conducting independent research, mentoring and assisting other lab members, assisting the PI with writing grants and manuscripts, performing independent biochemical experiments, analyzing data, and generating publication-quality figures, writing up results for publication, overseeing specific lab instruments (e.g., FPLCs, microscopes, fluorimeters, centrifuges), training new users on instruments, contributing to lab organization, helping maintain lab databases and - 80 organization.

Job Description:

• Contribute to lab organization and oversight, including management of projects, organizing lab databases, overseeing lab instruments and training new users.

• Independently perform, analyze, and interpret experiments, including: (i) purification and labeling of cytoskeletal proteins such as rabbit muscle actin and bovine brain tubulin, (ii) in vitro single molecule TIRF microscopy imaging (open-flow and micofludics-assisted) on microtubule and actin filaments and the molecular mechanisms regulating them, (iii) quantitative binding assays such as fluorescence anisotropy, and (iv) bulk kinetic assays monitoring cytoskeletal polymer assembly and disassembly. 

Requirements:

• MS/MA/equivalent, PhD preferred

• 5-8 years of work experience is required

• Minimum of 2 years of management/supervision experience.

• Strong expertise in purifying and handling proteins and performing biochemical assays on proteins, as well as expertise using TIRF microscopes, FPLCs, fluorimeters, and centrifuges, is required.

About Brandeis University

As a medium-sized private research university with global reach, we are dedicated to first-rate undergraduate education while making groundbreaking discoveries. Four major academic units with 3,600 undergraduates and 2,050 graduate students comprise the University: the College of Arts and Sciences, the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, the International Business School, and the Rabb School of Continuing Studies. In 1985, Brandeis was elected to membership in the prestigious Association of American Universities (AAU), which represents the 62 leading research universities in the United States and Canada. Brandeis has been ranked among the top 35 national universities by U.S. News & World Report every year since the rankings’ inception. Our 235-acre campus is located in the suburbs of Boston, a global hub for higher education and innovation. Our faculty are leaders in their fields, as passionate about teaching and mentorship as they are about pushing the boundaries of knowledge. Our students are motivated, compassionate, curious and open to exploring new and challenging experiences. Brandeis was founded in 1948 as a nonsectarian university under the sponsorship of th...e American Jewish community to embody its highest ethical and cultural values and to express its gratitude to the United States through the traditional Jewish commitment to education. By being a nonsectarian university that welcomes students, teachers and staff of every nationality, religion and orientation, Brandeis renews the American heritage of cultural diversity, equal access to opportunity and freedom of expression.

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