Job Description
Summary
The candidate will assist with research projects and routine lab operations. Lab managerial responsibilities include placing orders, maintaining laboratory inventories, overseeing service repairs, ensuring that all machines are in good working condition, and assisting with protocol renewals. Research responsibilities include handling a few mouse colonies, performing molecular biology and cell culture experiments, and conducting the related data analysis and troubleshooting. Prior experience in an academic research laboratory and in cardiometabolic phenotyping studies is preferred. The ideal candidate will possess excellent communication skills, be able to work independently with minimal supervision, and function effectively as part of a collaborative research team.
Job Duties
- Experiment tasks include but are not limited to immunohistochemistry, western blotting, tissue imaging, mouse surgeries, and cell culture.
- Performs animal colony maintenance and husbandry, including genotyping or postoperative care when needed.
- Conducts literature searches and summaries to aid in planning of laboratory experiments.
- Interacts with core facilities for processing of tissue or other experimental samples.
- Performs lab managerial tasks including ordering.
- Collects, analyzes, and summarizes experimental data into graphs and presentation format and assist with publications as needed.
- Documents experiments in laboratory notebooks accurately that would allow others to successfully replicate experiments.
- Oversees biohazardous and chemical waste disposal.
- Maintains lab equipment, arranges for service repairs, and ensures that all machines are in good working condition.
- Prepares inventories of chemicals, reagents, consumables, drugs, cell stocks, and tissue samples.
- Monitors supplies for re-ordering.
- Assists protocol renewals and inspection.
- Performs other job related duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in a Basic Science or a related field.
- Three years of relevant experience.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree in a related field.
- Prior expertise in any of the following areas would be a good fit: immunology, drug development, cardiac physiology, or biochemistry.
Work Authorization Requirement:
This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of application and throughout the duration of employment.
Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.
Baylor College of Medicine fosters diversity among its students, trainees, faculty and staff as a prerequisite to accomplishing our institutional mission, and setting standards for excellence in training healthcare providers and biomedical scientists, promoting scientific innovation, and providing patient-centered care. - Diversity, respect, and inclusiveness create an environment that is conducive to academic excellence, and strengthens our institution by increasing talent, encouraging creativity, and ensuring a broader perspective. - Diversity helps position Baylor to reduce disparities in health and healthcare access and to better address the needs of the community we serve. - Baylor is committed to recruiting and retaining outstanding students, trainees, faculty and staff from diverse backgrounds by providing a welcoming, supportive learning environment for all members of the Baylor community.
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