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Job Title: Research Assistant
Job Location: NY: New York City
Pay Rate: Open
Job Length: full time
Start Date: 2008-09-15

Company Name: Research Foundation City University of N
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Description: Research Assistant Department:Biology Location:York Issue Date:Wednesday, April 23, 2008 PVN Number:REA-666

General Description: Research assistant in biochemistry/molecular biology lab at York College/CUNY. All routine lab maintenance. Tissue culture, recombinant DNA technology, site-specific mutagenesis, protein expression and affinity purification. Enzyme reaction kinetics. Other Duties: Data analysis including quality control. Maintaining a detailed & accurate lab notebook. Preparation of figures for poster presentation and publication.Salary:$25,000 - $35,000 Core Competencies/Qualifications: BS required in Biochemistry or related field; higher degree preferred. Research experience required. Strong professional/academic interest in biochemistry/molecular biology research. Excellent writing and analytical skills. Transcripts and Three academic/professional references.

See recent references below for an idea of research projects under investigation:

Zareen, N., Hopkinson, A*., Levinger, L. 2006. Residues in two homology blocks on the amino side of the tRNase Z His domain contribute unexpectedly to pre-tRNA 3? end processing. RNA 12:1104-1115.

Yan, H., Zareen, N., and Levinger, L. 2006. Naturally occurring mutations in human mitochondrial pre-tRNASer(UCN) can affect the tRNase Z cleavage site, processing kinetics and substrate secondary structure. J. Biol. Chem. 281: 3926-3935.

Karkashon, S., Hopkinson, A, and Levinger, L. 2007. tRNase Z Catalysis and Conserved Residues on the Carboxy Side of the His Cluster. Biochemistry 46:9380-9387. DOI: 10.1021/bi700578v. Position will remain open until filled.

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