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Application Instructions: Employment History Include your last ten (10) years of employment history, or length of your employment history if less, including all positions (even those that are not relevant to this position) and periods of unemployment. Incomplete information could disqualify you from further consideration. POSITION SUMMARY The Research Assistant I position entails working intimately with postdoctoral fellows on Bioinformatics. Although supervised, the position requires both independent and collaborative work with minimal supervision. The majority of time will be dedicated to bioinformatic analysis (single cell RNA-seq, single cell ATAC-Seq, etc). Goals will be to master use of existing analytical pipelines and explore new pipelines. Weekly plans/ goals will be discussed with supervisors but the position requires independent time management and multitasking to ensure timely completion of research goals. Proficiency in basic cellular and molecular...

Application Instructions: Employment History Include your last ten (10) years of employment history, or length of your employment history if less, including all positions (even those that are not relevant to this position) and periods of unemployment. Incomplete information could disqualify you from further consideration. POSITION SUMMARY Under direction, position performs general tasks and competes routine assignments.  Receives assistance in the completion of more complex assignments.  Develops proficiency within discipline.  Works under moderate supervision with some latitude for independence judgment.  Typically makes detailed observations. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS (60%) Molecular and Cellular Biology, Biochemistry and Histology Techniques   Cryohistology (use of cryostat and immunostaining) (10%) Mouse Colony Handling and Maintenance Mouse husbandry Genotyping (ear tag, ear punch, genomic DNA preparation and PCR) (30%) Lab Support...

Application Instructions: Employment History Include your last ten (10) years of employment history, or length of your employment history if less, including all positions (even those that are not relevant to this position) and periods of unemployment. Incomplete information could disqualify you from further consideration. POSITION SUMMARY Assist with general laboratory organization and maintenance, duties include but are not limited to, restock media, autoclave tubes, refill jars, dispose of boxes and waste, clean water bath, ensure inventory is maintained and make LB liquid medium and LB plates with antibiotics. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS (100%) Research and Lab support Weaning, tagging, tailing and genotyping of mice. Prepare standard media and solutions. Perform weekly inventory of lab supplies. Stock and organize incoming lab supplies. EXPERIENCE Required: No professional experience required Experience with basic pipetting skills...

Application Instructions: Employment History Include your last ten (10) years of employment history, or length of your employment history if less, including all positions (even those that are not relevant to this position) and periods of unemployment. Incomplete information could disqualify you from further consideration. POSITION SUMMARY Under direction, position performs tasks and experiments in support of academic research projects. Responsibilities may include: tissue culture, imaging of cells and histology. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS (100%) Research and Lab Support Cutting tissue on microtome or cryostat. Immunofluorescent stain of tissue and cells. Mounting tissue on slides in chronological order. Optimizing histology protocols. Tissue sectioning. Advanced techniques for manual tracing of neuronal cells in fixed tissues and imaging. RNA and DNA extraction, westerns and restriction digests E XPERIENCE Required: No Experience...

  Cancer Research Faculty, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA  The UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, celebrating its 28th year as a leading center for cancer research, is recruiting outstanding faculty at the Research Instructor level to join established programs within the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center.   We are currently recruiting for full-time Research Instructors in the non-tenure stream to carry out cutting-edge cancer research.  Research projects will include biochemical pharmacology, signal transduction, drug resistance and cancer molecular biology. The successful candidates should have a PhD and/or MD in one of these or related fields and relevant laboratory experiences.  Successful candidates will have an exceptional scientific research record and will join University of Pittsburgh departments based on prior training and experience. A competitive salary and benefits package will be provided.  Located in the...

Application Instructions: Employment History Include your last ten (10) years of employment history, or length of your employment history if less, including all position (even those that are not relevant to this position) and periods of unemployment. Incomplete information could disqualify you from further consideration.   POSITION SUMMARY Research Assistant II position will focus on protein and biochemistry. A successful candidate will work half of their time on independent projects and the other half on supporting postdoctoral researchers in the lab. The position will be responsible for establishing and utilizing protein expression systems (i.e., bacteria, insect cell and mammalian) and performing biochemical experiments. Position will be trained in specific techniques and methods in order to execute experiments that are broadly designed by post doc or PI and must be able to carry out and analyze experimental results independently. The overall goal of the...

Application Instructions: Employment History Include your last ten (10) years of employment history, or length of your employment history if less, including all position (even those that are not relevant to this position) and periods of unemployment. Incomplete information could disqualify you from further consideration.   POSITION SUMMARY The CRoPS project aims to develop crop plants that sequester more carbon via extensive root systems containing recalcitrant carbon polymers to fight climate change. A major component of this research is to phenotype plant traits for conducting genetic analysis and confirm trait changes of genetic changes. The Research Asst III will supervise at least one Research Asst I, and work with other members of the CRoPS project and the Busch laboratory to conduct screen root traits to identify genetic mechanisms that lead to optimal root systems for carbon sequestration, and assess phenotypes of genetically engineered crop plants....

Application Instructions: Employment History Include your last ten (10) years of employment history, or length of your employment history if less, including all position (even those that are not relevant to this position) and periods of unemployment. Incomplete information could disqualify you from further consideration. POSITION SUMMARY The Clinical Research Coordinator position will be working on all human studies in the Panda lab, with a focus on two major projects. The first is "Influence of time-restricted eating (TRE) on circadian regulation of glucose homeostasis and mitochondrial function in patients with Metabolic Syndrome." The second is "Optimizing circadian rhythms by regulating eating patterns to reduce cardiometabolic disease risk among firefighters." We are investigating the effect of time-restricted eating in improving health. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS (80%) Clinical Study Data Collection   Participant recruitment Monitoring patient...

Application Instructions: Employment History Include your last ten (10) years of employment history, or length of your employment history if less, including all position (even those that are not relevant to this position) and periods of unemployment. Incomplete information could disqualify you from further consideration.   POSITION SUMMARY The Research Assistant I position is responsible for performing gene sequencing techniques and general lab support.  Our laboratory works on many large-scale genomics projects and therefore has a considerable amount of automation involved in sequencing library construction.  This position requires much work with a robotic pipetting system to generate thousands of sequencing libraries each week.  Other duties include general laboratory maintenance, coordination with other labs and FACS core for cell sorting, participation in regular team meetings to discuss progress, and well-organized LIMS and data recording. Essential...

  Application Instructions: Employment History Include your last ten (10) years of employment history, or length of your employment history if less, including all position (even those that are not relevant to this position) and periods of unemployment. Incomplete information could disqualify you from further consideration. POSITION SUMMARY Leveraging extensive program management knowledge, the CRoPS (CO2 Removal on a Planetary Scale) Project Manager acts as an operational advisor to a cross- functional team, in order to meet Institute and CRoPS program objectives. The Project Manager will organize all aspects of project activities and provide support to the science and team leaders by establishing timelines and budgets, tracking and coordinating efforts across teams, and facilitating effective information flow among stakeholders. Moreover, the Project manager will draft, write and edit reports and other documents to advance the CRoPS program....

  Application Instructions: Employment History Include your last ten (10) years of employment history, or length of your employment history if less, including all position (even those that are not relevant to this position) and periods of unemployment. Incomplete information could disqualify you from further consideration. POSITION SUMMARY The Research Assistant I position is responsible for performing various molecular biology, genetics, behavioral assays, cell and biochemistry techniques; C. elegans handling and maintenance in support of the Principal Investigator (PI) and lab research goals. Other duties include assisting with general laboratory maintenance, including equipment maintenance, and ordering of supplies, etc. (30%) Molecular and Cellular Biology, and Biochemistry Techniques Molecular cloning (Standard methods and Gibson cloning) Western blotting (Southern blotting optional, but desired) Purification and manipulation of...

Application Instructions: Employment History Include your last ten (10) years of employment history, or length of your employment history if less, including all position (even those that are not relevant to this position) and periods of unemployment. Incomplete information could disqualify you from further consideration. POSITION SUMMARY The Research Assistant is responsible for performing tasks and experiments in support of academic research projects. The position is responsible for maintenance of neurobiology techniques in support of the lab and the Principal Investigator's (PI) research goals. The RAI will be responsible for lab ordering. Manages the mouse colony and oversees other personnel conducting colony management and genotyping. Responsible for maintenance of molecular biology, cell culture, histological processing, microscopy and surgical supplies, equipment and facilities. Performs molecular biology and cell culture, brain sectioning, staining, and...

Application Instructions: Employment History Include your last ten (10) years of employment history, or length of your employment history if less, including all position (even those that are not relevant to this position) and periods of unemployment. Incomplete information could disqualify you from further consideration. POSITION SUMMARY Provides general administrative (executive level) support to multiple PIs and affiliated lab group including lab management, grant writing, editing and general administrative assistance. Uses initiative, resourcefulness and good judgment to handle a wide variety of administrative and support duties such as project management, addressing inquiries, maintaining filing systems, processing paperwork, composing correspondence and coordinating meetings and travel arrangements. Serves as liaison to Administrative units (Payroll, Human Resources, Grant administration, Computing, etc.). Coordinates with other executive level...

Application Instructions: Employment History Include your last ten (10) years of employment history, or length of your employment history if less, including all position (even those that are not relevant to this position) and periods of unemployment. Incomplete information could disqualify you from further consideration. POSITION SUMMARY: Position available in the Hargreaves Lab for overall lab management duties in support of the Principal Investigator's (PI) studies. General lab maintenance duties include maintaining adequate inventory of materials and equipment to ensure adequate supplies for experimental needs, ordering supplies, taking inventory, upkeep and safety. Position is also responsible for performing various molecular biology, biochemistry, and cell biology techniques in support of lab and PI research goals. Range of duties include, but is not limited to: conducting procedures, modifying procedures as needed, data collection and analysis, tissue...

Application Instructions: Employment History Include your last ten (10) years of employment history, or length of your employment history if less, including all position (even those that are not relevant to this position) and periods of unemployment. Incomplete information could disqualify you from further consideration. POSITION SUMMARY The Research Assistant III position will utilize high-end equipment for cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), assist users with data collection and analyses, train members of the laboratory in microscopy-related techniques, and manage the laboratory's activities in the facility. The employee will be the intermediary to the cryo-EM facility for the laboratory and will interact closely with group members as well as the general facility manager. A central component will be the day-to-day operation of instruments, which includes multiple electron microscopes, a cryo-FIB milling microscope, a cryo-fluorescence microscope, and ancillary...

Application Instructions: Employment History Include your last ten (10) years of employment history, or length of your employment history if less, including all position (even those that are not relevant to this position) and periods of unemployment. Incomplete information could disqualify you from further consideration. POSITION SUMMARY The McVicker Laboratory at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies is seeking a scientific programmer to develop, maintain, and utilize bioinformatics software tools. These tools will be used to tackle important research problems in genetics, gene regulation and chromatin biology. The successful candidate will develop new software tools, maintain and extend existing software, and assist with bioinformatics pipelines and data analysis for ongoing research projects in the lab. Applicants should have an undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline (Genetics, Computer Science, Statistics, Bioinformatics, etc.). ESSENTIAL...

  Application Instructions: Employment History Include your last ten (10) years of employment history, or length of your employment history if less, including all position (even those that are not relevant to this position) and periods of unemployment. Incomplete information could disqualify you from further consideration. POSITION SUMMARY This position is responsible for routine processing of clean and soiled cages and accessories, maintenance and general janitorial duties in animal facilities, equipment maintenance, basic QA testing, processing deliveries from vendors and performing basic rodent husbandry tasks based on standard operating procedures and training to ensure compliance with the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, the Animal Welfare Act and Regulations as well as all applicable federal, state, local and institutional laws, regulations, policies and guidelines. CLEAN AND SOILED CAGE WASH OPERATIONS 20-78% Cleans,...

Application Instructions: Employment History Include your last ten (10) years of employment history, or length of your employment history if less, including all position (even those that are not relevant to this position) and periods of unemployment. Incomplete information could disqualify you from further consideration. POSITION SUMMARY The CRoPS project aims to develop crops that sequester more carbon via extensive root systems containing recalcitrant carbon polymers to fight climate change. A major component of this research are field experiments to understand the edaphic or soil factors affecting root traits and root trait-derived soil organic carbon (SOC). The Field Research Assistant will assist in field research operations around the U.S. for the CRoPS project.  This will involve many aspects of agronomy, soil science and crop physiology to understand how root traits affect SOC accumulation and stability. The Field Research Assistant will be required to...

Application Instructions: Employment History Include your last ten (10) years of employment history, or length of your employment history if less, including all position (even those that are not relevant to this position) and periods of unemployment. Incomplete information could disqualify you from further consideration. POSITION SUMMARY Staff Researcher performs an integral role in the lab being a senior lab leader, helping to organize and manage research projects, facilitating and carrying out key instructive roles in research projects, and writing and submitting grants in support of the PI's and lab members' funding initiatives. They serve as a vital nexus between the lab scientists and the PI, with a particular emphasis on supporting grant submissions and management of grant milestones. They will be intimately involved in maintaining lab organization with the lab coordinator, budgeting and ordering, and data storage. They will also be responsible for design...

Application Instructions: Employment History Include your last ten (10) years of employment history, or length of your employment history if less, including all positions (even those that are not relevant to this position) and periods of unemployment. Incomplete information could disqualify you from further consideration. POSITION SUMMARY Coordinate all aspects of human subject research studies from initiation through study closeout. Build and maintain relationships with sponsors, collaborators, and research staff. Prepare study-related documentation such as protocol worksheets, procedural manuals, adverse event reports, institutional review board documents, manual of operation, and progress reports. Maintain required records and ensure compliance with protocols, regulatory guidelines, and overall clinical objectives. Record adverse event and side effect data and confer with investigators regarding reporting of events to oversight agencies. Utilize project...