• Job Type: Support Staff - Union
• Bargaining Unit: SSA
• Regular/Temporary: Regular
• End Date if Temporary:
• Hours Per Week: 20
• Salary Range: $29,619.20 - $29,619.20

Position Summary

A part-time Technician B position is available in a federally funded lab at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. We conduct translational research and drug development in the field of hard-to-treat ophthalmic diseases including age-related macular degeneration, Stargardt disease and inherited forms of retinal degeneration.

Responsibilities

• Manage mouse colony, oversee mouse husbandry, and assist in executing experiments using mouse models of retinal degeneration.
• Conduct biochemical assays according to established protocols.
• Support the execution of microbiological experiments involving molecular cloning.
• Keep detailed records and present collected data effectively.
• Perform other related duties and responsibilities as assigned/requested.

Minimum Qualifications

• Require a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry, chemistry, biology, physics, or related science or equivalent in education and experience.
• Experience with in vitro multi-well assays.
• Experience with Mammalian cell culture.

Preferred Qualifications

• M.S. in biochemistry, pharmacology, or any related field.
• One year of related experience preferred.
• Candidates with experience in carrying out in vivo experiments in mouse animal models are strongly preferred.
• Expertise with mouse animal models.

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