Description

The Department of Surgery Liver and Pancreatic Transplant is seeking to hire a full time Staff Research Associate I. In this role you will work in a cutting-edge regenerative medicine research laboratory under the mentorship of the PIs. More specifically, the SRA I will help manage the lab various research animal colonies, and will characterize protein expression in specific tissues, organs and modified stem cell lines by qRT-PCR and immunohistochemistry (IHC) in support of multiple research projects.

Duties could include:

Maintain and upkeep mouse colony, including updating mouse log, daily management of the colony and genotyping of mice. Assist in performing assays to assess transfection efficiency including DNA preps and RT-PCR. Perform assays to assess transgene expression in organs, tissues and transfected and/or transduced stem cells including ELISA, RT-PCR, and immunohistochemistry. Manage experimental data for projects for regular updates with PI.  Other duties as assigned

Pay Range: $26.52 – $31.53