Research Manager D, Rodent Metabolic Phenotyping Core
About The Position
The University of Pennsylvania is seeking a Research Manager D for the Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism’s Rodent Metabolic Phenotyping Core. This role involves the daily management of all core activities, including training and supervising research specialists and technicians. The manager will design and perform metabolic studies in mouse models, conduct chemical and immunoassays on tissues, analyze assay results, and communicate findings to investigators. Responsibilities also include maintaining core usage statistics, collaborating with the Core Director on long-range planning, developing and implementing lab safety guidelines, managing the service center budget, overseeing lab facilities, and ordering/maintaining supplies. The position requires establishing expertise in technical and theoretical aspects of core assays such as metabolic clamps, indirect calorimetry, telemetry, bomb calorimetry, DEXA, and EchoMRI. The manager will also interface with companies and IT to troubleshoot equipment and software issues, and consult with investigators on experimental design.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science/Arts and 5 to 7 years of experience or equivalent combination of education and experience is required.
Nice To Haves
- Master's degree or PhD preferred.
Responsibilities
- Serve as Research Manager of the Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism’s Rodent Metabolic Phenotyping Core
- Provide daily management for all activities in the Rodent Phenotyping Core
- Train and supervise research specialists and technicians
- Design and perform metabolic studies in mouse models
- Perform chemical and immunoassays on tissues
- Analyze assay results and communicate results to investigators
- Maintain core usage statistics for reporting purposes
- Collaborate with the Core director for long range planning
- Develop, implement and monitor lab safety guidelines and procedures
- Plan and manage service center budget
- Oversee lab facilities
- Order/maintain supplies
- Take primary responsibility for the strategic planning and day to day management of core staff performing complex in vivo studies in rodent models for core clients
- Train and serve as the direct supervisor for Research Specialists and Technicians in the core
- Serve as the liaison between the director or core clients and the other staff
- Develop protocols, ensure techniques are performed properly, manage equipment and data collection systems, and ensure data analysis is performed according to accepted practices
- Establish expertise in both the technical and theoretical aspects of core assays including metabolic clamps, indirect calorimetry, telemetry, bomb calorimetry, DEXA, EchoMRI and other services as needed
- Order and manage lab supplies and coordinate rodent transfers to ensure that all necessary resources are in place for core experiments
- Prepare financial, regulatory, and technical progress reports
- Maintain core usage data for reporting to the Core Director, Penn IDOM, NIH and other agencies
- Assist with drafting of grants and/or articles for publication
- Directly perform and analyze assays in rodent models: Body composition (NMR; DEXA); CLAMS; treadmill exercise insulin/glucose clamp and radioisotopic tracer kinetics; thermography; BAT thermogenesis; tissue chemistry; ELISA; Glucose and insulin tolerance tests
- Interface with companies and Penn IT to troubleshoot equipment and software issues, often on the fly, and ensure the smooth operation of the core
- Perform additional duties as needed and assigned to support animal research on campus, including consultation with internal and external investigators on the selection and design of experimental approaches
Benefits
- Excellent healthcare benefits
- Tuition benefits for employees and their families
- Generous retirement benefits
- Wide variety of professional development opportunities
- Supportive work and family benefits
- Wealth of health and wellness programs and resources
- Comprehensive medical, prescription, behavioral health, dental, vision, and life insurance benefits
- Flexible spending accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses with pre-tax dollars
- Tuition assistance for employee, spouse, and dependent children at Penn and potentially other institutions
- Generous retirement plans (Basic, Matching, and Supplemental) with pre-tax or Roth basis options through TIAA and Vanguard
- Substantial amount of time away from work (vacations, personal affairs, illness, injury, family time)
- Long-Term Care Insurance through Genworth Financial
- Wellness and Work-life Resources
- Professional and Personal Development resources
- Access to a wide range of University resources, cultural and recreational activities (libraries, athletic facilities, arboretum, art galleries)
- Discounts and Special Services (arts and entertainment, transportation, mortgages, new cars, cellular phone service, movie tickets, theme parks)
- Flexible Work Hours
- Penn Home Ownership Services (forgivable loan for eligible employees in West Philadelphia)
- Adoption Assistance (reimbursement for qualified expenses up to two adoptions)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
