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Assistant Scientist

Miami, FL💼 Full-time🗓 2026-06-17 → 2026-10-02

Core

Lead independent and collaborative research on pancreatic islet biology, beta cell function, and metabolic consequences of hypoxia and obstructive sleep apnea to understand mechanisms contributing to diabetes development and progression.

Role type

Assistant Scientist (Research)

Builds

Scientific publications, technical reports, patent preparations, and extramural grant proposals.

Domain

Biomedical research (Diabetes, Pancreatic Islet Biology, Metabolic Dysfunction)

Required skills

Project leadership, grant development, scientific writing, mentoring, interdisciplinary collaboration, experimental design, data analysis, equipment management

Preferred skills

Statistical analysis using Prism or similar software

Responsibilities

Contribute to basic and applied research activities, create and conduct experiments, write extramural proposals, apply for grants, collaborate with senior staff to publish findings, provide access to experimental data (via careerplan.io/jobs/R100097934-assistant-scientist-at-umiami)

Seniority

Mid-level Research Scientist