Senior Lab Research Technician
About The Position
The Senior Lab Research Technician provides senior-level technical assistance and performs routine laboratory activities for a translational medicine laboratory studying how body composition changes, including muscle and fat loss, impact cancer prevention and survival. Duties include assisting with the establishment of a new research laboratory, maintenance of a mouse colony (weaning, genotyping, breeding, maintaining records), planning and executing animal and cell culture experiments, processing of murine and human blood and tissue samples, as well as routine laboratory housekeeping activities. This includes the maintenance of two IACUC protocols and IBC compliance. This position will report directly to the Principal Investigator. Provides oversight and management of scientific research problems designed to understand mechanisms of cancer-associated wasting during early disease for future development of anti-cancer and anti-weight loss therapies. Perform laboratory assays focused on anatomic, functional, and biochemical characterization of muscle, adipose tissue, and tumor, and compile and analyze data from these assays. Exercise judgment in prioritizing work to meet the objectives and deadlines associated with generating data for grant renewals, grant proposals, and submission or revision of manuscripts. Provide high-level technical expertise in the design, performance, and troubleshooting of complex laboratory experiments. Analyze, interpret, and manage experimental data. Collaborate with the laboratory’s Principal Investigator (PI) in developing projects for laboratory personnel and provide functional supervision and training of laboratory personnel. Maintain compliance with regulatory agencies for the laboratory, including lab personnel safety, chemical safety, biosafety, IACUC , and IBC . Serve as a resource for other laboratory members, including technicians, graduate students, undergraduates, and/or postdocs, in experimental design, evaluating research methodologies, and interpreting data. Work independently with minimal supervision from the PI.
Requirements
- Senior-level technical assistance
- Perform routine laboratory activities
- Experience in translational medicine laboratory research
- Experience with mouse colony maintenance (weaning, genotyping, breeding, maintaining records)
- Experience planning and executing animal and cell culture experiments
- Experience processing murine and human blood and tissue samples
- Experience with routine laboratory housekeeping activities
- Experience maintaining IACUC protocols and IBC compliance
- Experience performing laboratory assays focused on anatomic, functional, and biochemical characterization of muscle, adipose tissue, and tumor
- Experience compiling and analyzing experimental data
- Experience with experimental design, evaluating research methodologies, and interpreting data
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Microsoft Office, Excel, PowerPoint, GraphPad Prism, UVM Click, and VOS
- Experience in cancer, energy balance, or nutrition-related research
Responsibilities
- Establishment of a new research laboratory
- Maintenance of a mouse colony (weaning, genotyping, breeding, maintaining records)
- Planning and executing animal and cell culture experiments
- Processing of murine and human blood and tissue samples
- Routine laboratory housekeeping activities
- Maintenance of two IACUC protocols and IBC compliance
- Oversight and management of scientific research problems designed to understand mechanisms of cancer-associated wasting during early disease for future development of anti-cancer and anti-weight loss therapies
- Perform laboratory assays focused on anatomic, functional, and biochemical characterization of muscle, adipose tissue, and tumor
- Compile and analyze data from these assays
- Exercise judgment in prioritizing work to meet the objectives and deadlines associated with generating data for grant renewals, grant proposals, and submission or revision of manuscripts
- Provide high-level technical expertise in the design, performance, and troubleshooting of complex laboratory experiments
- Analyze, interpret, and manage experimental data
- Collaborate with the laboratory’s Principal Investigator (PI) in developing projects for laboratory personnel
- Provide functional supervision and training of laboratory personnel
- Maintain compliance with regulatory agencies for the laboratory, including lab personnel safety, chemical safety, biosafety, IACUC , and IBC
- Serve as a resource for other laboratory members, including technicians, graduate students, undergraduates, and/or postdocs, in experimental design, evaluating research methodologies, and interpreting data
- Work independently with minimal supervision from the PI
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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