Research Assistant - Orthopedic Surgery and Sports and Medicine
University of Kansas Medical Center•Kansas City, KS
•Onsite
About The Position
The Research Assistant in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine at the University of Kansas Medical Center will support biomedical research projects by performing laboratory experiments, assisting with animal and human subject’s research, contributing to data analysis, and supporting scientific communication between a research laboratory and clinicians within the Department at KUMC.
Requirements
- Four years of experience in research of biology, biochemistry, or related area. Relevant education may be substituted for experience on a year for year basis.
- 2 years of laboratory research experience.
- Communication.
- Organization.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in biology, biochemistry, or related discipline with minimum one year of experience in animal research.
Responsibilities
- Complete and maintain valid training records including new animal user training, human subjects research training, and other required biomedical research training.
- Participate in general laboratory experiments including tissue/cell culture, tissue sectioning and staining, microscopic analysis, Western blotting, DNA/RNA isolation, RT-PCR, qPCR, and other assigned tasks.
- Conduct transgenic animal genotyping, animal euthanasia, and animal tissue collection; assist investigators with surgical and non-surgical animal procedures.
- Assist with human tissue collection for laboratory analysis, which includes obtaining informed consents from human subjects through interacting with patients and clinicians as well as picking up blood samples and surgically produced tissue specimens that are collected by authorized clinicians.
- Assist with research data analysis and laboratory management utilizing relevant software.
- Participate in research presentations.
- Participate in preparation of manuscripts and grant applications under the PI’s direction.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Health expense accounts with generous employer contributions
- Employer-paid life insurance
- Long-term disability insurance
- Various additional voluntary insurance plans
- Paid time off, including vacation and sick
- Ten paid holidays
- One paid discretionary day after six months of employment
- Paid time off for bereavement
- Paid time off for jury duty
- Paid time off for military service
- Parental leave after 12 months of employment
- Retirement program with a generous employer contribution
- Additional voluntary retirement programs (457 or 403b)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
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