Research Assistant

• Direct involvement carrying out various computational projects and assisting other laboratory members
• Under general supervision, develop a variety of routine and specialized computational pipelines for understanding intestinal development using different large -OMICS dataset
• Assist with other computational or software responsibilities including maintenance of database and website as assigned or required
• Maintaining records of results and methodologies in a log of work performed
• Perform statistical analyses and data quality assessments to ensure robust and reliable results
• Contribute to presentations, technical reports and research publications
• Participating in laboratory meetings and presentations
• Assist with other miscellaneous administrative duties as assigned or required
• Assist in consenting and recruiting patients for research studies through personal interviews and written communications with patients/families
• Provide detailed background information regarding studies to families, communicate all policies and procedures, and respond to all inquiries
• Serving as liaison to the families/patients in the research studies, conducted at both on-site and off-site locations, guiding and advising them throughout each phase of the study
• Act as a resource to study participants, addressing any concerns they may have. Troubleshoot resolution of any issues that may arise throughout the study
• Maintaining records of results and methodologies in a log of work performed
• Abstracts, organizes, and understands clinical and non-clinical data and information relevant to the assigned project

• A Bachelor's and/or Master's degree in Life Sciences, Chemistry, or a closely related field
• Analytical skills to resolve problems that require the use of scientific, mathematical, or technical principles
• Candidate must be organized and detail-oriented, proactive, able to work independently as a member of a team, have good problem-solving skills and strong written and verbal communication skills and be comfortable interacting with co-workers and experimentalists
• Able to write, test, automate, and benchmark NGS pipelines, use and build software tools for processing and analyzing various -OMICS modalities
• Capable of conducting all aspects of analyzing one or more -OMICS data types, including preprocessing, quality control, clustering and interpretation
• General interest in gastrointestinal physiology and disease
• Proficiency in programming languages (Python, and/or R)

Prior experience in a research laboratory and basic understanding of ML models is an asset

• flexible schedules
• affordable health, vision and dental insurance
• child care and student loan subsidies
• generous levels of time off
• 403(b) Retirement Savings plan
• Pension
• Tuition and certain License and Certification Reimbursement
• cell phone plan discounts
• discounted rates on T-passes