Brown University Health
Research Assistant
$42K–$69K
Rhode Island Hospital · Full-time · Posted Mar 17, 2026
- Experience
- At least two years of relevant laboratory research experience; academic laboratory training during undergraduate or graduate study may count.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Biology, Biophysics, Biomedical Engineering, Bioinformatics, Statistics, Computer Science, or a related field. A Master’s degree or equivalent advanced training in a relevant discipline may also be considered.
About the job
Conducts laboratory and computational research on brain tumors, analyzing experimental and clinical data to support funded studies and scientific publications.
What you'll do
- Conduct cell-culture experiments, imaging and molecular assays, including RNA-sequencing workflows.
- Analyze experimental and clinical datasets using statistical, bioinformatic, computational, and machine-learning methods.
- Develop simulation models and prepare figures, reports, and manuscripts for research presentation and publication.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field; a Master’s degree or equivalent advanced training may also be considered.
- At least two years of relevant laboratory research experience.
- Experience with cell culture, basic molecular or imaging assays, and statistical and bioinformatic analysis, machine learning, or computational modeling.
- Ability to follow protocols, maintain research documentation, communicate effectively in English, and collaborate in a research team.
Pay
$41,537.60-$68,556.80 USD (base salary)
Tools
bulk and single-cell RNA-seq, spatial transcriptomic analysis, machine learning, MRI
AI focus
Develop and apply machine-learning tools to analyze genomic and MRI datasets.
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