Staff Research Associate II - Surgery

The candidate will work
as a full-time Staff Research Associate II (SRA II) in a cutting-edge
regenerative medicine research laboratory under the mentorship of Dr. Gerald
Lipshutz.

More specifically, the
SRA II will primarily work on a mouse model of metabolic disease, using a gene
therapy treatment to correct the abnormality and analysis of organs, blood and
tissues for expression levels. The candidate will perform a variety of routine
experimental protocols and procedures at a fully operational level, including
but not limited to, animal experiments, use of human specimens, cell and tissue
culture, DNA/RNA/genomic DNA extraction, ELISA and western blots. The SRA II
will also take on a significant portion of the lab management duties, including
supply management, ordering, and equipment maintenance and calibration. The
candidate will also coordinate and assist with general lab support activities (e.g.
making common lab reagents). The SRA II candidate will have some supervisory
responsibilities as the day-to-day manager of the undergraduate students and
other part-time members of the Lipshutz Lab.

The full hourly salary
range for this position is $32.79 - $52.75. The department's target hourly rate
is $34.81.

Required:

• Ability to use computer
  software for word processing, data tabulation and graphing.
• Ability and knowledge
  to operate basic laboratory equipment, i.e. centrifuge, tissue culture hood and
  related equipment, autoclaving, weighing, pipetting microliter volumes, etc.
• Ability and working
  knowledge of DNA, RNA, protein purification and quantification; PCR, qPCR,
  Western Blot.
• Excellent communication
  skills to interact with other researchers, vendors, suppliers, and maintenance
  engineers.
• Exceptional
  organizational and recordkeeping skills.
• Ability to perform
  tasks accurately and in a timely manner working independently under the program
  guidelines and under frequent changes in priorities and deadlines
• Knowledge and ability
  to order supplies and maintain laboratory equipment.
• Bachelor of Science
  degree life/biomedical science discipline, or equivalent experience
• Ability to generate
  hypotheses, suggest experimental designs, interpret data and recognize aberrant
  results.

Preferred:

• Working knowledge and
  experience in general immunology, cell biology and molecular and biology
  techniques.
• Ability to handle mice.
• Knowledge of cell
  culture and sterile techniques.
• Prior experience in
  oncology biomedical research.