Research Assistant, Flow Cytometry Core Facility

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About Us :

The people of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) are united by a singular mission : ending cancer for life. Our specialized care teams provide personalized, compassionate, expert care to patients of all ages. Informed by basic research done at our Sloan Kettering Institute, scientists across MSK collaborate to conduct innovative translational and clinical research that is driving a revolution in our understanding of cancer as a disease and improving the ability to prevent, diagnose, and treat it. MSK is dedicated to training the next generation of scientists and clinicians, who go on to pursueour missionat MSK and around the globe.

Exciting opportunity at MSK : Join our Flow Cytometry Core Facility as a Research Assistant !

The aim of the Flow Cytometry Core Facility is to facilitate and help advance the scope and quality of Cancer Research at MSK by providing investigators advanced instrumentation and high-level technical and scientific expertise in multi-dimensional Flow Cytometry and Cell Sorting.

Role Overview :

• Operate cell sorters and perform simple troubleshooting and repairs of Flow Cytometry equipment
• Provide technical and scientific support to researchers in operating analyzers and Flow Analysis software
• Perform daily startup and shutdown of flow instrumentation
• Perform daily cleaning and maintenance of flow instrumentation
• Perform Quality Control in all Cell Sorters, Analyzers and other required instrumentation
• Perform some Administrative duties
• Assist in Research and Development programs coordinated by senior staff, and learn how to coordinate these programs independently
• Learn Experimental Design and Execution in Flow Cytometry

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Pay Range : $67,900.00 - $105,300.00 FSLA Status : Exempt

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