• Job Type: Support Staff - Union
• Bargaining Unit: SSA
• Regular/Temporary: Regular
• End Date if Temporary:
• Hours Per Week: 35
• Standard Work Schedule:
• Building:
• Salary Range: $53,394.17 -$53,394.17

Position Summary

Working under the general supervision of Principal Investigator in the Department of Neurology, and in accordance with established hospital policies and procedures, the Technician B conducts a variety of routine experiments where methodologies are clearly established. The Technician B will process human blood samples, manage mouse colony including breeding and genotyping, and assist grad students and postdoc in the lab with their experiments. The Technician B may perform literature searches under direction of supervisor.

Responsibilities

• Performs cell culture based experiments: completes experiments with primary human cells or cell lines in tissue culture
• Performing density gradient separations of PBMCs
• Preparing RNA, cDNA and performing real-time PCR
• Performs flow cytometry acquisition and data analysis
• Maintains basic records of experiments, methodologies and test results in a log of work performed
• Process of human biosamples, including but not limited to spinal fluid, saliva, urine, and stool.
• Help to organize and maintain the lab biosample archive
• Maintain research equipment, calling in repair services as needed
• Maintain inventory and order supplies as needed

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Minimum Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor's degree in chemistry, biology, physics or related science or equivalent combination of education, training and experience. 
• Knowledge of various related laboratory procedures and techniques required.

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Preferred Qualifications 

• Good organizational skills, detail oriented.
• Able to show initiative, identify problems and propose solutions to supervisor.
• Sound degree of computer literacy.
• Ability to methodically record data and to analyze data using basic statistics
• Ability to perform a variety of routine tests and prioritize work.
• Good interpersonal, communication and teamwork skills. 
• Ability to demonstrate professionalism.

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