Research Assistant I Job at Houston Methodist Academic Institute, Houston, Texas, USA

This Houston Methodist research assistant opening is with Houston Methodist Academic Institute, which is hiring a Research Assistant I for the Antibody Discovery and Accelerated Protein Therapeutics (ADAPT) lab in Houston, Texas, USA. A Bachelor’s degree in a related science field is required, and freshers are eligible.

Houston Methodist Research Assistant Job Details

Company: Houston Methodist Academic Institute

Position: Research Assistant I

Location: Houston, Texas, USA

Qualification: Bachelor’s degree in a related science field

Experience: None required – Freshers eligible

Job Description

The ADAPT lab discovers and develops therapeutics for infectious diseases using proteomics, AI/ML-enabled protein engineering and directed evolution.

Role summary: this Houston Methodist research assistant role is primarily a wet-lab position in synthetic biology using high-throughput genetic engineering, laboratory automation and next-generation sequencing to build large numbers of gene variants and mutation libraries, with a significant computational component. Training is provided.

Key Responsibilities

  • Set up and conduct experiments and biological assays under PI supervision.
  • Keep records of tests and data.
  • Organise, tabulate and analyse data.
  • Give updates on experiments.
  • Safely operate lab equipment.
  • Help develop new lab procedures.
  • Manage inventory.

Houston Methodist Research Assistant Eligibility Criteria

  • Bachelor’s degree in a related science field.
  • Experience: none required – Freshers eligible.

Additional Information

Molecular biology techniques (PCR, cloning, sequencing), bioinformatics, scripting or lab automation are a plus.

Training is provided to the Houston Methodist research assistant.

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