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Cognitive resilience is a remarkable feature of the brain, allowing some individuals to maintain normal memory despite the presence of Alzheimer’s disease pathology. The Kaczorowski Lab is seeking a Research Specialist Associate to contribute to developing 2D and 3D cell culture models for cellular resilience assessments and drug screens. The successful candidate will have experience in cellular and molecular biology, will be required to culture and maintain primary and transformed cells, extract and assess the quality of DNA/RNA, perform PCR/qPCR, western blots, immunohistochemistry, ELISA techniques, and will provide technical support for all projects, including next-generation library preparation and genome editing techniques.