Research Assistant (Computational Biology) – Srivastava Lab

Job description

The Wistar Institute has an opening for a Research Assistant to join Dr. Avi Srivastava's laboratory. The Srivastava Lab is a hybrid computational-experimental group developing novel single-cell genomics technologies and applying them to questions in RNA biology and cancer. The projects span microfluidics-free single-cell long-read RNA sequencing platform development, isoform-level transcriptomics, and multi-omics data analysis, offering a genuinely broad training environment at the intersection of wet lab and computation. The Research Assistant will contribute directly to ongoing lab projects and will have the opportunity to develop skills across both experimental and computational domains. Responsibilities may include library preparation and molecular biology experiments supporting single-cell sequencing workflows, processing and quality control of sequencing data, maintenance of lab pipelines and databases, and general research support under the mentorship of the PI and senior lab members. A bachelor's or master's degree in molecular biology, computational biology, bioinformatics, computer science, or a related field is required. Some hands-on experience in a research setting is...