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The job description for the position is below, and the lab is looking for someone who can provide a two-year commitment. This research experience is ideal for someone looking to pursue a medical degree or a graduate degree in the sciences in the future.
If you have questions about the position or application, please contact Katherine Nichols at nicholsk@mskcc.org.
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As a Research Technician, you will perform research activities in collaboration with internal/external
personnel to complete science-based projects. You 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.
You are:
- An effective communicator, capable of determining how best to reach different audiences and
- executing communications based on that understanding
- Adept at planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments with a keen eye for detail
- Action oriented and eager to take on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm
You will:
- Mouse husbandry and colony management, including obtaining biopsies and genotyping animals by PCR or Southern blot hybridization.
- Be responsible for lab organization including coordinating orders, unpacking consumables, organizing plasmid/cell/animal stocks, cleaning communal areas, preparation of standard solutions for the laboratory, organizing lab personnel and lab space.
- Prepares laboratory equipment, instruments, solutions, stains, assays and other supplies as instructed for research experiments.
- Work may involve 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.
- Operates lab equipment such as centrifuges, pH meters, analytical balancers, scintillation counters, spectrophotometers, light microscopes and other equipment as instructed.
- May be involved in animal handling requiring injection of animals, collection/harvesting of tissues, fluids; animal autopsies in order to make chemical identification and conduct analyses.
- Responds to and completes tasks as instructed by the P.I. and staff associated with designated research projects by carrying out the requested activities.
- Provides 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.
- Performs necessary analysis and calculations, records data and writes reports on research findings.
- Responds to and produces reports comprising of the requested statistics for the study as requested by the laboratory head and members of the research team.
- Responsible for purchasing equipment and materials for the laboratory.
- Assists Administrative Assistant in generation of purchase order information for supplies and equipment by gathering information for online purchase
- Have no issues working on mice or mousing handling
You need:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Sciences with relevant laboratory experience.
- Basic molecular biology procedures such as cloning and DNA/RNA and tissue culture procedures, extractions from bacteria and tissues.
- Animal handling skills required.
- Exceptional organizational skills
- Good manual dexterity required.
