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General Information

Work Location: Los Angeles, USA
Onsite or Remote
Fully On-Site
Work Schedule
Monday-Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm, evenings and weekends as needed
Posted Date
05/21/2025
Salary Range: $26.52 - 31.63 Hourly
Employment Type
4 - Staff: Limited
Duration
Indefinite
Job #
24753

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

The Department of Surgery is seeking a Limited Part-Time Staff Research Associate I (SRA I) in a cutting-edge regenerative medicine research laboratory under the mentorship of The Principal investigator. 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.

Main duties of the role will 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 - $31.63 hourly

Job Qualifications

Required:

  • 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 co-workers, 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.
Preferred:
  • Bachelor of Science degree or equivalent experience in chemistry, microbiology, biochemistry and molecular biology
  • Experience working with research animals

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.