Description
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Description
The Department of Surgery Liver and Pancreatic Transplant is seeking to hire a full time Staff Research Associate I. In this role you will work in a cutting-edge regenerative medicine research laboratory under the mentorship of the PIs. More specifically, the SRA I will help manage the lab various research animal colonies, and will characterize protein expression in specific tissues, organs and modified stem cell lines by qRT-PCR and immunohistochemistry (IHC) in support of multiple research projects.
Duties could include:
- Maintain and upkeep mouse colony, including updating mouse log, daily management of the colony and genotyping of mice.
- Assist in performing assays to assess transfection efficiency including DNA preps and RT-PCR.
- Perform assays to assess transgene expression in organs, tissues and transfected and/or transduced stem cells including ELISA, RT-PCR, and immunohistochemistry.
- Manage experimental data for projects for regular updates with PI.
- Other duties as assigned
Pay Range: $26.52 – $31.53
Qualifications
Required:
- Skill in routine molecular and cellular biology techniques.
- Ability to communicate effectively on a one-to-one basis sufficiently to convey experimental results to principal investigators.
- Writing skills sufficient to compose laboratory protocols which are clear, concise, logical and display proper syntax and grammar.
- Interpersonal skill to interact and collaborate effectively with scientist coworkers, graduate students and faculty.
- Skill in handling and disposing of contaminated material according to protocol.
- Ability to organize raw data into relevant formats.
- Reading skills sufficient to understand specific protocol relevant journal articles, and equipment.
- Ability to perform library searches.
Preferred:
- Bachelor of Science degree or equivalent experience in chemistry, microbiology, biochemistry and molecular biology
- Experience working with research animals