• 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

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.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran

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