Research Technologist - CRTU

Mayo Clinic•Rochester, MN

6d•$28 - $42•Onsite

About The Position

Mayo Clinic is a top-ranked healthcare provider dedicated to patient needs and employee well-being. They offer competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for continuing education and career advancement. This position is within the Clinical Research Unit (CRTU), which primarily focuses on patient care and basic specimen collection and processing, handling blood and urine samples. The CRTU assists with specimen collection, then centrifuges and aliquots samples before forwarding them to other labs for testing.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in biology, chemistry, or other relevant science, OR an associate degree with 6 years of relevant laboratory experience.
Solid understanding of lab techniques, equipment, and safety.
Ability to organize and carry out laboratory techniques independently and in a team setting.
Experience with basic data analysis.
Demonstrated writing skills.

Responsibilities

Sets up and performs routine and established lab procedures in support of lab goals, grant commitments, i.e. assays, cell/tissue culture, animal studies, etc.
Monitors results, reports unusual outcomes and suggests modifications.
Collects, enters and summarizes data.
Assists in the maintenance of lab equipment and supplies.
Performs basic statistical data analysis; prepares tables/charts/graphs and assists in organizing data.
Presents at research laboratory meetings and contributes to writing of manuscripts.
Works under supervision and may perform some assignments independently as discussed and approved by Principal Investigator.
Assisting with specimen collection.
Centrifuging and aliquoting samples.