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General Information

Work Location: Los Angeles, USA
Onsite or Remote
Fully On-Site
Work Schedule
Monday-Thursday, 8:00am-12:00pm; hours may vary
Posted Date
12/30/2024
Salary Range: $22.02 - 25.9 Hourly
Employment Type
4 - Staff: Limited
Duration
18 months
Job #
21418

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Under general supervision of the Principal Investigator, the Lab Assistant II will perform housekeeping duties in the laboratory (maintenance of the research colony, cleaning and disinfecting lab equipment), immunofluorescence and immunohistochemistry staining, and will be involved in primary research project completion including several specialized methods in rat handling/medication administration/aseptic surgery. The Lab Assistant II training will be provided in specific techniques, experience is laboratory rodent is required, some basic research laboratory experience (pipetting, making solutions, etc.) and scientific coursework (chemistry and biology) preferred.

Please note, this is a part-time, 18-month limited position that may convert to career.

 

Salary Range: $22.02 - $25.90 Hourly

 

Job Qualifications

 Required:

  • Ability to use excel and word. Must be computer literate
  • Ability to perform basic chemistry calculations (molarity, dilutions)
  • Ability to speak, understand, and write English
  • Ability to maintain a legible laboratory notebook
  • Knowledge of basic laboratory safety and regulations.
  • Ability to handle small animals.
  • Must be eligible to work in California (compensation is through UCLA)
  • Experience in sterile techniques.
  • Experience with confocal microscopy
  • Trained managing and passaging embryonic stem cells
  • Experience resecting intestinal muscularis from neonatal mice.
  • Computational experience processing large data sets and perform statistical analysis.

Preferred:
  • Bachelor's degree with science background

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.