Staff Research Associate - Pediatric Neonatology
UCSF•San Francisco, CA
•$33 - $53•Onsite
About The Position
The Petersen Lab at UCSF and Gladstone Institutes is seeking a skilled Staff Research Associate (SRA) to join our group. We are studying the underlying mechanisms of neurological disease with a goal of developing new treatments to aid repair in the diseased or injured brain. The candidate will be a critical member of our team who will assist projects focused on animal and cell models of neurological disease.
Requirements
- Technical accuracy
- Reliability
- Willingness to learn
Nice To Haves
- Passionate about working with cutting edge technologies to study neurological disease models
Responsibilities
- Managing animal colonies including breeding, genotyping, and complex crosses to obtain cell-specific knock out mice and fluorescent reporter mice
- Isolating and culturing cells to study neurological disease processes
- Preparing brain and spinal cord samples for histology including animal perfusion, tissue dissection, cryosectioning, immunohistochemistry, microscopy, and image analysis using ImageJ
- Isolating RNA and protein from biological samples for real-time PCR and Western blot
- Preparation of data and methodology for reports and publications with the possibility for co-authorship when appropriate.
Stand Out From the Crowd
Upload your resume and get instant feedback on how well it matches this job.
Upload and Match Resume
What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
