• 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: $51,839-$51,839

Position Summary

The Hudson Lab studies the immune response to blood cells, with projects spanning autoimmunity, alloimmunity, tolerance, and aging.

A successful candidate will be a self-starter, have excellent organizational and record keeping skills, and be able to multi-task while maintaining precision and quickness.

The primary responsibilities of this position include: participation in day-to-day laboratory research projects under the direction of the Principal Investigator (including experimental set-up, completion, data collection and data analysis) and animal colony management (including animal husbandry, genotyping, phenotyping, and daily monitoring of experimental mice). Skills frequently utilized to complete daily tasks include: mouse handling, basic lab skills (e.g. pipetting, loading a gel), flow cytometry, and sterile technique. Additionally, animal husbandry and colony management rely on basic knowledge of genetics (e.g. Mendelian inheritance patterns).

Responsibilities

• 30% - Performing animal experiments
• 30% - Animal husbandry
• 10% - Recording/analyzing data
• 30% - General lab maintenance

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in education, training and experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in biology (Cell and/or Molecular Biology preferred) or a related field and at least 1 year of laboratory experience.
• The ideal candidate will be highly motivated, highly organized, able to multi-task, take initiative, start and complete projects.
• This position requires the technical ability to complete procedures and properly record and report results.
• Applicants with experience in animal colony management and animal husbandry are strongly encouraged to apply.
• Experience with flow cytometry will be an advantage

Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran

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