Lab Assistant (Limited)

Description

The Semel Institute is seeking to hire a limited part time Lab Assistant to support SRAs or GSRs in performance of experiments, all with supervision, including :

• Staining of tissue sections
• Assisting with animal surgeries
• Assisting with tissue culture experiments by feeding and passaging cells
• General lab tasks including preparation of tissue reagents.
• Keep proper laboratory protocols and updated lab-notebooks.

Please note that this limited position may convert to career.

Pay Range : $23.12 - $27.20 hourly.

Qualifications

Required :

Ability to communicate effectively on a one-to-one basis sufficiently to convey experimental results to principal investigators.

Writing skills sufficient to compose laboratory protocols which are clear, concise, logical and display proper syntax and grammar.

Interpersonal skill to interact and collaborate effectively with scientist co-workers, graduate students, and faculty.

Skill in handling and disposing of contaminated material according to protocol.

Ability to organize raw data into relevant formats.

Reading skills sufficient to understand specific protocol relevant journal articles, and equipment.

Ability to perform library searches

knowledge of use of qRT-PCR machine, cryostat, microscope, gel / blot imager, plate reader

Preferred :

University level course work in molecular and cell biology preferred

Skills in routine molecular and cellular biology techniques preferred