Lab Specialist
2 months ago
**Job Responsibilities Include**:
- Responsible for laboratory maintenance and upkeep, including: ordering, stocking, and organizing supplies, preparing stock solutions, maintaining equipment, and assisting the PI with environmental health and safety compliance.
- Perform experimental procedures based on objectives and designs by Dr. Bajikar, including, but not limited to, PCR, molecular biology/recombinant DNA, cell culture, protein and RNA isolation, quantitative RT-PCR, immunoblotting, and mouse colony maintenance
- Provide experimental support for larger scale on going, long-term experiments led by other lab members
- Assist in training other lab members on experimental and lab procedures
- Maintain and organized and detailed lab notebook, tabulated experimental results, and reagent inventory
- Prepare summary figures and presentations of results
- Attend and participate in lab meetings
- In addition to the above responsibilities, other duties may be assigned
**Minimum Requirements**
Education: Bachelor's degree.
Experience: 3 years of experience. 6 years of lab-related experience accepted in lieu of degree.
**Preferred Qualifications**
Experience: Experience in molecular biology techniques like PCR and immunoblotting. Preferred experience in either: 1) cell culture or 2) mouse colony management. Must be willing to work with rodents
**Physical Demands**
***This position can spend extensive periods of time standing and squatting while conducting experiments or caring for animals. Also requires keyboarding and other bench work and animal procedures requiring finer finger manipulation.
- A CV/resume
- A cover letter is optional but strongly encouraged
Please note that this is a restricted position and continuation is dependent upon the availability of the position, funding, and satisfactory performance.
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