**Job Overview**

This position reports to the Principal Investigator, Dr. Lija Swain, and provides assistance in support of research activities under close supervision. The Swain laboratory studies the “Therapeutic role of HIF-1a and its downstream signaling during acute myocardial infarction injury in translationally relevant large animal model (swine)”. The incumbent will perform general molecular biological methods including primary adult cardiomyocyte isolation, extraction of DNA, RNA, and proteins, RT-PCR, Western blotting, ELISA, FACS, mitochondria isolation, seahorse assay (assessing mitochondrial function), histological assays including tissue collection/harvesting and staining, and computer-assisted color image analysis.

**Job Description**

**Minimum Qualifications** **:**

1. High school diploma or equivalent.

**Preferred Qualifications** **:**

1. 0-2 years of research experience.

2. Bachelor’s degree preferred...