Research Coordinator II
About The Position
The Research Coordinator II will work with Principal Investigators (PIs) and laboratory personnel to ensure the efficient generation and submission of protocols and protocol amendments to IACUC, IRB, and EH&S to support research project completion. This role involves liaising with staff and faculty in these offices to streamline the protocol review process. The position is responsible for understanding and ensuring compliance with all required laboratory regulations, including ACS, EH&S, IACUC, UF, State, and Federal guidelines. This includes maintaining accurate records and legal documentation as required by institutional policies, such as biological, chemical, and radiation safety policies. The role also supports the submission and compliance of licenses and registrations for substances and materials necessary for biomedical research. Additionally, the Research Coordinator II will manage ordering processes for cost-effective grant funding utilization, maintain lab supply inventory, research and evaluate new products, compare and negotiate vendor prices, and order reagents and materials. The position will also handle travel arrangements for laboratory personnel and generate travel authorizations. Support for laboratory operations includes aiding in experiments for gene therapy development, training lab staff in related methods, providing consultation and guidance, instructing on lab equipment use and maintenance, overseeing record keeping, assisting the PI with data organization, and preparing reports and graphs. The role also involves animal care oversight, including maintaining mouse colonies, managing mouse strains, and potentially genotyping mouse lines. Responsibilities include the performance and oversight of pre- and post-operative animal care, potentially including rodent surgical procedures, and coordinating animal care between the lab and institutional staff.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in appropriate discipline and two years of relevant experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Nice To Haves
- Ability to plan, organize, and coordinate work assignments
- Proven ability to develop laboratory SOPs for rodent experimentation and care.
- Proven ability to maintaining training records.
- Proven ability to ensure compliance with federal and institutional animal care guidelines/policies.
- Proficiency in mouse and rat handling, special injection and surgical techniques, aseptic procedures.
- Ability in crafting regulatory protocols for IACUC, EHS, and IRB, including fluency in goIACUC and LATCH.
- Working knowledge of biology, including gene therapeutics, adeno associated viruses (AAV), muscle, immunohistochemistry, PCR.
- Working knowledge of laboratory equipment purpose and use, including microscopes, centrifuges, and PCR machines.
Responsibilities
- Works with PIs and laboratory personnel to efficiently generate and submit protocols and protocol amendments to IACUC, IRB, and EH&S to support research project completion.
- Liaises with staff and faculty (veterinarians) in those offices to promote efficiency of process to ensure smooth and timely protocol review.
- Responsible for understanding and compliance with all required laboratory regulations such as ACS, EH&S, IACUC, UF, State and Federal guidelines.
- Maintains accurate records and legal documentation required by institutional policies such as biological, chemical, and radiation safety policies.
- Supports submission and compliance of licenses/registrations for substance and materials needed to engage in biomedical research with specific substances/materials.
- Manages ordering processes to ensure efficient and cost-effective use of grant funding.
- Maintains lab supply inventory to ensure supplies are available for scheduled research projects.
- Researches and evaluates new products, compares and negotiates vendor prices.
- Orders reagents and materials to support lab operations.
- Follows-through with procedures required of the University to document and reconcile those transactions, including within myUFMarket and UFGo.
- Works within the guidelines of the Travel office to book travel for laboratory personnel and generate travel authorizations as needed.
- Supports the direction of lab staff to aid in experiments to develop and validate new gene therapies to treat diseases of the muscle.
- Trains lab staff in related methods.
- Provides consultation, guidance.
- Provides proper instruction on lab equipment use and maintenance.
- Provides oversight to ensure accurate and thorough record keeping.
- Aids the PI in the organization of data.
- Prepares reports and graphs as requested by the PI.
- Assists in maintaining mouse colony and efficient management of mouse strains, including possibly genotyping of mouse lines.
- Responsible for performance and oversight of pre- and post-operative animal care as needed, including possibly rodent surgical procedures.
- Coordinates animal care between the lab and institutional animal care staff as needed.
- Other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
