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General Information

Work Location: Los Angeles, USA
Onsite or Remote
Fully On-Site
Work Schedule
Monday through Friday; 8:00am - 5:00pm. Hours may vary
Posted Date
02/25/2025
Salary Range: $28.88 - 46.46 Hourly
Employment Type
4 - Staff: Limited
Duration
12 Months
Job #
22734

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

The Department of Surgery is seeking to hire a limited full-time Staff Research Associate II (SRA II) in a cutting-edge regenerative medicine research laboratory under the mentorship of the Principle Investigator. More specifically, the SRA II will primarily work on a mouse model of metabolic disease, using a gene therapy treatment to correct the abnormality and analysis of organs, blood and tissues for expression levels. In this role you will perform a variety of routine experimental protocols and procedures at a fully operational level, including but not limited to, animal experiments, use of human specimens, cell and tissue culture, DNA/RNA/genomic DNA extraction, ELISA and western blots. You will also take on a significant portion of the lab management duties, including supply management, ordering, and equipment maintenance and calibration. You will also coordinate and assist with general lab support activities (e.g. making common lab reagents). 

Pay Range: $28.88 - $

Job Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Science degree or equivalent experience in chemistry, microbiology, biochemistry and molecular biology or equivalent experience.
  • Skill in routine molecular and cellular biology techniques.
  • Ability to communicate effectively on a one-to-one basis sufficiently to convey experimental results to principal investigators.
  • Writing skills sufficient to compose laboratory protocols which are clear, concise, logical and display proper syntax and grammar.
  • Interpersonal skill to interact and collaborate effectively with scientist coworkers, graduate students and faculty.
  • Skill in handling and disposing of contaminated material according to protocol.
  • Ability to organize raw data into relevant formats.
  • Reading skills sufficient to understand specific protocol relevant journal articles, and equipment.
  • Ability to perform library searches.

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.