Lab Assistant

Grade: V11

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Position Summary
The Elrod Lab is looking for a Lab Technician to help senior members of the lab with their projects and performing essential experiments as assigned.

Applicant will be required to work full time (40 hrs/wk) while assisting senior lab members with their projects and performing essential, routine lab tasks. Depending on competency levels, the applicant could be given their own individual project. Applicant will also help to maintain our mouse colony breeding schedules along with their subsequent genotyping. Other experimental tasks will include western blotting, histology and cell culture as projects dictate.

Must be able to work well with others and have a personable disposition. Other essential tasks will also require maintaining the lab bench areas, sterilizing glassware and keeping equipment clean and orderly.

Essential Functions
- Assists senior lab members with projects - Performs routine lab tasks - Maintain mouse colony breeding schedules and genotyping - Western blot, histology, cell culture as projects dictate - Maintaining lab bench areas - Sterilizing glassware; cleaning/maintaining equipment

Required Education & Experience
At least one year of laboratory experience. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

Preferred
Bachelor's degree.

Required Skills & Abilities
- Ability to work well with others under supervision - Demonstrated proficiency in routine lab tasks - Ability to work with and handle mice in a research setting

This position will work on-site.

This is a grant funded position.

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Compliance Statement: In the performance of their functions as detailed in the position description employees have an obligation to avoid ethical, legal, financial and other conflicts of interest to ensure that their actions and outside activities do not conflict with their primary employment responsibilities at the institution. Employees are also expected to understand and be in compliance with applicable laws, University and employment policies and regulations, including NCAA regulations for areas and departments which their essential functions cause them to interact.

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