The Director of Scientific Operations and Engagement has responsibility for promoting and enhancing the full range of activities of the Biotechnology Resource Center (BRC) at the Institute of Biotechnology at Cornell University (www.biotech.cornell.edu). The Director provides the following services for the BRC:
• Identification of emerging biotechnologies and funding opportunities
• Assessment of campus needs for new instrumentation and services
• Evaluation and optimization of instrumentation and applications across core facilities
• Promotion of BRC services and life sciences research activities both on campus and externally, including providing outreach, workshops, and website/social media presence.
The BRC includes core facilities that offer resources and services in genomics, proteomics and mass spectrometry, imaging, bioinformatics and bio-IT. The Director fosters interactions between faculty researchers and the BRC, and among the BRC core facilities, to promote cutting edge, innovative life sciences research. In concert with faculty and BRC core facility directors, the Director assesses interest in, and need for, emerging biotechnology instrumentation, infrastructure and services. The Director catalyzes the development of service linkages, instrument acquisition, and outreach to make existing and emerging technologies known to the greater academic community.
Job responsibilities for this position include:
Scientific and workflow assessment of emerging biotechnology instrumentation, infrastructure and services. Facilitating effective communication with faculty, core facility directors and other stakeholders regarding the need for new and existing services and equipment. Providing leadership, grant-writing and coordination for instrumentation grants. Promoting the BRC to internal and external audiences using the Institute website, presentations, written communications, and digital media, including leading user group assessments, designing content and service flow, directing third-party vendor participation, testing, and roll-out to users. Establishing effective relationships with BRC core facility directors, faculty, researchers, vendors, and colleagues of related professional organizations. Providing educational seminars and workshops for faculty and others interested in BRC technologies and services. Liaising between the BRC and the Institute’s Center for Advanced Technology, to ensure effective communication.Requeriments :
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