Senior Technician
- Requisition no: 537783
- Work type: Full Time
- Location: Medical Center
- School/Department: Urology
- Grade: Technical Grade 5
- Categories: Research (Lab and Non-Lab)
- Job Type: Support Staff - Union
- Bargaining Unit: SSA
- Regular/Temporary: Regular
- End Date if Temporary:
- Hours Per Week: 35
- Standard Work Schedule:
- Building:
- Salary Range: $58,102.42 - $58,102.42
The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to departmental budgets, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, and training. The above hiring range represents the University's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.
Position Summary
We are seeking a Senior Technician to join the laboratory of Dr. Mendelsohn in the Department of Urology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York, NY. The Senior Technician will work semi-independently and be responsible for performing experiments handling tissue and immunostaining and preparing material for gene expression profiling. Sr. Tech will also be responsible for breeding and maintaining a small number of mouse lines.
Responsibilities
- Work with mouse models of bladder cancer, including testing preclinical drug models.
- Identify genetic markers that selectively label tumor cells.
- Work with animals, flow sorting of cells from adult mouse tissue, RNA preparation and other molecular biology techniques, fluorescent microscopy and digital imaging.
- Work with Excel spread sheets (PCR, molecular biology use of Excel) and other programs (Microsoft PowerPoint, Adobe Photoshop).
- Performs other duties as required/assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
- Requires a bachelor's degree in chemistry, biology, physics, or related science or an equal combination of education, training, and experience.
- Minimum 1.5 years working in a professional team environment.
- A working knowledge of biology-focused lab.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working with mice.
- Experience working with tissue and sections.
- 1.5 years experience working working in a lab, performing molecular biological techniques; running gels, making solutions, and general lab responsibilities. Experience managing mouse colonies and genotyping mice, with histological/immunostaining of tissue samples is a plus.
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