Position: Staff Assistant II
Research Area:
Full/Part Time: Full Time
Lab: Weissleder, Ralph
Date Posted: 2008-06-11
Description: Under the supervision of the CSB Administrative Managers: The Center for Systems Biology (CSB) at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School (http://csb.mgh.harvard.edu) has an opening for an energetic, motivated, organized and friendly Staff Assistant II. The ideal candidate would be highly motivated with interpersonal skills to interact with all levels of management to include, but not limited to: Director and senior management of all levels at CSB, as well as internal and external executives ranging from hospital based to corporate based.
Responsibilities: The qualified individual will be responsible for:
- Posting and maintenance of Centers job openings
- Coordination of applicant interviews
- Arranging applicant presentations/guest speaker lectures
- Processing of new hires in accordance to MGH policies & procedures
- Visa processing in accordance to Partners policies and procedures
- Maintenance of Centers personnel databases
- Processing of Centers monthly billing for Mouse Imaging Protocols
- Assist with travel arrangements for the Laboratory staff as needed
- Process travel reimbursements for CSB staff
- Ensure that all copying is completed, distributed and filed
- Courier shuttle runs to main campus and other Partners-MGH sites when necessary
- Laboratory phone coverage
- Greeting & Escorting Guests
Requirements: The successful candidate must possess the following qualifications:
- Associates or Bachelors degree
- Minimum of 2 years of related experience required
- Ability to prioritize and organize projects to be completed daily, while successfully meeting multiple deadlines
- Ability to multi-task and juggle multiple priorities are essential
- Excellent communication skills and exceptional capacity for teamwork is essential
Position: Platform Leader (In-vivo Microscopy Core)
Research Area: Intravital microscopy (multiphoton, confocal, Raman) and other optical imaging and sensing techniques.
Full/Part Time: Full Time
Lab: Weissleder, Ralph
Date Posted: 2008-01-22
Description: The candidate will be responsible for maintaining the intravital microscopy core facility at CSB, develop new applications for novel imaging systems and design and conduct cutting-edge experiments.
Responsibilities: The individual should be able to effectively communicate his/her findings to guide further development efforts. The candidate will provide computational assistance skills in the analysis of data. The individual will supervise staff, fellows and students. The position will require effective working skills in a highly collaborative research environment (with different CSB and other MGH research groups). Collaborations with industrial partners are necessary and effective communication are essential. The ideal candidate will also lecture and publish research results.
Requirements: Ph.D. in physics with 7-10 years of research experience in optics. The ideal candidate should have a strong experimental background and hands-on experience in optical microscopy, fiber optics, multiphoton microscopy, confocal microscopy, and fluorescence microscopy. A thorough understanding and experience in Raman spectroscopy, macro- and/or mesoscopic tomography is desirable. The ideal candidate should have developed several custom-made optical imaging systems, including novel microscopy techniques. Knowledge of Labview, Matlab and Amira is required. The ideal candidate should have > 20 publications in the field of optics, published in peer-reviewed scientific journals and a comparable number of conferences and/or proceedings. Excellent recommendation letters are required. The ideal candidate should have demonstrated an ability to integrate him/herself in different research environments, and to establish collaborative projects in interdisciplinary fields.