Posted
Wed., Feb. 17
Position Description
The Van de Brink laboratory at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is seeking a research technician. Research technicians will perform research activities in collaboration with internal/external personnel to complete science-based projects. They will normally receive detailed instructions while making observations, analyzing data, and interpreting results according to laboratory procedures. The Research Technician will provide support to all technical/research staff and postdocs.
Responsibilities include:
- Managing mouse husbandry and colony, including obtaining biopsies and genotyping animals by PCR or Southern blot hybridization
- Preparing laboratory equipment, instruments, solutions, stains, assays and other supplies as instructed for research experiment
- Performing culture and/or cell separation methods; electrophoretic separations: assays (e.g., RIA, TIA, ELISA); basic biology or other specialized science techniques depending on the lab
- Operating lab equipment such as centrifuges, pH meters, analytical balancers, scintillation counters, spectrophotometers, light microscopes and other equipment as instructed
- Handling animals requiring injection of animals, collection/harvesting of tissues, fluids; animal autopsies in order to make chemical identification and conduct analyses
- Responding to and completing tasks as instructed by the P.I. and staff associated with designated research projects by carrying out the requested activities
- Providing assistance with other on-going research for peers and research personnel in the laboratory by completing tasks related to the projects within the deadline specified
- Performing necessary analysis and calculations, records data and writes reports on research findings
- Responding to and producing reports comprising of the requested statistics for the study as requested by the laboratory head and members of the research team
- Assisting Administrative Assistant in generation of purchase order information for supplies and equipment by gathering information for online purchase
Position Requirements
- Must have Bachelor's Degree in Sciences with relevant laboratory experience
- Must be familiar with basic molecular biology procedures such as cloning and DNA/RNA and tissue culture procedures, extractions from bacteria and tissues
- Must have animal handling skills
Time Commitment
Full-time
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To apply, please email Sheena Kapoor at [email protected]
