Biomedical engineering is a discipline of growing importance in society and is a vital and growing part not only of the Boston area but also of the whole US territory infrastructure - industry, academics, and hospitals. Established at Tufts University in September 2002, the Biomedical Engineering Department is located in the Science and Technology Center (4 Colby Street, Medford, MA), a state-of-the-art research and teaching facility, which also houses the cutting-edge interdisciplinary research activities of the Tissue Engineering Resource Center. The job is specifically in the integrated biofunctional and imaging laboratory (iBIT Lab - https://sites.tufts.edu/mallidi/) within the BME Department
Under the close supervision of the Principal Investigator, the Research Assistant will work on projects involving fabrication of nanoparticles for cancer diagnosis and therapy in the iBIT Lab. This position is part of an interdisciplinary team with expertise in tumor biology, biophysics, imaging, nanotechnology and cancer therapeutics.
Basic Requirements:
* Masters degree in chemical engineering, biomedical engineering, chemistry, biology, cell and molecular biology, pharmaceutics or related field with greater than 2 years of related laboratory experience and scientific publications.
* Research experience in an academic lab conducting innovative nanosynthesis approaches, particularly, liposomes, gold nanoparticles, iron nanoparticles or perfluorocarbon nanodroplets.
* Experience with cell culture techniques, molecular biology techniques (western blots, ELISA etc) and fluorescence imaging is a must
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills; highly self-motivated; ability to work in a team or individually; excellent attention to detail. Flexibility to work on various projects.
* Must be able to prioritize urgent tasks while ensuring established deadlines are met.
* Experience with handling lab animals is a plus.
Preferred Qualifications:
* Experience with Adobe Illustrator, MATLAB, GraphPAD Prism is a plus
* Highly motivated and enthusiastic about research in the cancer theranostics field.