Description
UCLA HEALTH
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Description
Perform duties of a part-time Laboratory Assistant 1 in a cutting-edge Cardiac Surgery research laboratory focusing on developing treatments for acquired cardiac diseases in adults. Under the mentorship of Dr. Peyman Benharash, you will contribute to ongoing research into the design and performance of non-invasive physiologic sensors to aid patient recovery and improve surgical outcomes.
Specific tasks of the Laboratory Assistant will be to complete a variety of routine and basic laboratory procedures including, but not limited to, data analysis and the design and characterization of non-invasive physiologic sensor for use in experiments and patient testing. Laboratory support duties include helping lab manager with inventory control, ordering of supplies and preparation of laboratory materials and reagents in line with all safety and regulatory requirements as needs dictate. Other duties as assigned.
This is a part-time, limited position that may convert to career.
Hourly Salary Range: $27.04 – $32.31. Please note that the department’s target hourly rate is $27.04.
Qualifications
Required:
- Cell culture experience including
aseptic technique and primary cell culture - Ability to perform general
laboratory techniques such as weighing, sterilizing, titration, glassware
washing, filtering, reagent and buffer prep, maintaining sterile technique. - Knowledge and understanding of
molecular techniques. - Skill in keeping accurate and
complete research records. - Ability to recognize
irregularities and invalid results. - Ability to make sound measurements
and observations. - Ability to work as part of a
research team and establish cooperative working relationships with researchers,
residents, students, and other support personnel - Ability to communicate in oral and
written form, for the purpose of providing information to others in the
laboratory. This includes the ability to
record findings and methods in a laboratory journal in an accurate, complete,
and timely way. - Ability to read and understand
experimental protocols as guidelines. - Mathematical skills to calculate
chemical and biological concentrations in solutions. - Organized, detail oriented, and
able to quickly adapt to the addition of novel tasks.
Preferred:
- Ability to conduct multiple
experiments in close temporal proximity. - Knowledge of how to use and
maintain modern laboratory equipment including incubators, tissue culture
hoods, centrifuges, balances, and pH meter.