<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; "><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-weight: normal; font-size: small; ">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>
From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Whangbo, Jennifer (2)</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Jennifer.Whangbo@childrens.harvard.edu">Jennifer.Whangbo@childrens.harvard.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 9:39 AM</span></b></span></p>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Position: Research Assistant I, Children’s Hospital Boston</font></b></span><br><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">A full time research assistant position is available to work in a laboratory studying systemic RNA interference (RNAi) in the nematode </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Caenorhabditis elegans</font></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">.</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> A fascinating aspect of RNAi in </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">C. elegans</font></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> is that silencing information spreads between cells and is even transmitted to the progeny.</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> This systemic property of RNAi is not restricted to nematodes and some of the machinery required for this process is broadly conserved among animals.</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> The Hunter lab, located in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard University in Cambridge, uses genetic and molecular biology techniques to </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">investigate the mechanisms underlying</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> systemic RNAi</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">.</font></span><br>
<br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Duties: </font></span><br><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">The successful applicant will be supervised directly by a post-doctoral fellow </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">characterizing </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">new genes required for systemic RNAi in </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">C. elegans</font></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">.</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> Duties of the position include </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">assisting with genetic and molecular biology experiments, </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">strain maintenance, and data </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">collection and </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">management. </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">In addition, the candidate is encouraged to conduct an independent research project and present at lab meetings.</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Requireme</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">nts:</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span><br>
<br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">A Bachelor's degree in B</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">iology</font></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">or </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">related sciences along with some prior laboratory experience</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> is required. </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Applicants must be highly mo</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">tivated, organized, responsible</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> and capable of </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">working independently</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">.</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> Previous research experience with </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">C. elegans </font></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">is a plus, but not a requirement.</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">A motivated and productive individual can expect to be included as an author on publi</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">cations including his/her work.</font></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">A two-year commitment is preferred. </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">The position can </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">start </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">no later than</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> July 1</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">5</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">, 2010</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">.</font></span><br>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Competit</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">i</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">ve </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">pay and robust benefits package.</font></span><br>
<br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Please go to </font></span><a href="http://www.childrenshospital.jobs" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">www.childrenshospital.jobs</font></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> and apply to job requisition #</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">21448.</font></span></p>
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