Research Assistant I-CNG--The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine
UTHealth Houston · Houston, TX · 1 mo ago
On-siteInformation TechnologyFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: headings for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate. Must preserve all substantive info.
Let's parse the posting.
First paragraph: "We are looking for a highly motivated, detail-oriented, and collaborative candidate to join our research team. The position involves animal cloning management, genotyping, tissue collection, immunostaining, and behavioral testing, while supporting research on neurocircuit mechanisms underlying behavioral flexibility. The candidate will conduct experiments and gain experience with advanced techniques including chemogenetics, optogenetics, fiber photometry, miniscope calcium imaging, intersectional genetics, and behavioral analyses. For details on specific research directions in the lab, please refer to our recent publications (Xu et al., Cell Metabolism 2013; Xu et al., Nature Communications 2019; Xu et al., Cell Reports 2023, Cai et a;., Neuron 2024). What we do here changes the world. UTHealth Houston is Texas’ resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That’s where you come in. Once you join us you won't want to leave. It’s because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you’d expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus: 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time – all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year) The longer you stay, the more vacation you’ll accrue! Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service) Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan! We take care of our employees! As a world-renowned institution, our employees’ wellbeing is important to us. We offer work/life services such as... Free financial and legal counseling Free mental health counseling services Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc. Resources for child and elder care Plus many more!"
Then "Position Summary: The Research Assistant I, under general supervision, conducts basic/ translational research which may include animal work and other activities according to research protocol. Research activities may include some or all of the following: handling biological samples, laboratory experiments and activities, and data collection."
Then "Position Key Accountabilities: Under general supervision, performs laboratory experiments and activities to support research objectives.Collects, organize and prepares research data to provide needed information to principal investigators and other researchers. Updates notebooks, records, and databases as needed.Maintains clean laboratory equipment and/or work area to ensure a safe and efficient work environment.Orders laboratory and/or other supplies as directed by senior research staff.Stays abreast of new and updated procedures and protocols for the research laboratory. Must maintain compliance with required training. May participate in continuing education programs, seminars, and workshops.As needed, may coordinate the work of technicians to ensure efficient, timely and high-quality results.Performs other duties as assigned."
Then "Certification/Skills: General knowledge of research fields Minimum Education: Bachelor's Degree required May substitute required education with equivalent years of experience beyond the minimum experience requirement. Minimum Experience: None Physical Requirements: Exerts up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds frequently and/or a negligible amount constantly to move objects. Security Sensitive: This position is a security-sensitive position pursuant to Texas Education Code 51.215 and Texas Government Code411.094. To the extent that a position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Texas Business and Commerce Code117.001(2), the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired for and to continue to be employed in that position. Personnel in such positions, and similarly situated state contractors, will be routinely reviewed to determine whether things such as criminal history or continuous connections to the government or political apparatus of a foreign adversary might prevent the applicant, employee, or contractor from being able to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure. A foreign adversary is a nation listed in 15 C.F.R.791.4. Residency Requirement: Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas."
We need to extract sections: About the role (maybe the first paragraph describing role), Responsibilities (Position Key Accountabilities), Requirements (Minimum Education, Minimum Experience, Certification/Skills, Physical Requirements, Security Sensitive, Residency Requirement), Qualifications (maybe similar to Requirements), Skills (General knowledge of research fields), Benefits (the benefits described), Pay (Longevity Pay mentioned), Schedule (maybe not present; there is mention of generous time off but that's benefits; schedule not explicit). We should only include sections with real specific content. Pay: we have "Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)". That's specific enough. Benefits: many specifics. Schedule: not explicit; we have generous time off but that's benefits. No explicit schedule like full-time/part-time, hours. So we omit Schedule.
We need to avoid filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
We need to use
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate. Must preserve all substantive info.
Let's parse the posting.
First paragraph: "We are looking for a highly motivated, detail-oriented, and collaborative candidate to join our research team. The position involves animal cloning management, genotyping, tissue collection, immunostaining, and behavioral testing, while supporting research on neurocircuit mechanisms underlying behavioral flexibility. The candidate will conduct experiments and gain experience with advanced techniques including chemogenetics, optogenetics, fiber photometry, miniscope calcium imaging, intersectional genetics, and behavioral analyses. For details on specific research directions in the lab, please refer to our recent publications (Xu et al., Cell Metabolism 2013; Xu et al., Nature Communications 2019; Xu et al., Cell Reports 2023, Cai et a;., Neuron 2024). What we do here changes the world. UTHealth Houston is Texas’ resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That’s where you come in. Once you join us you won't want to leave. It’s because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you’d expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus: 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time – all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year) The longer you stay, the more vacation you’ll accrue! Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service) Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan! We take care of our employees! As a world-renowned institution, our employees’ wellbeing is important to us. We offer work/life services such as... Free financial and legal counseling Free mental health counseling services Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc. Resources for child and elder care Plus many more!"
Then "Position Summary: The Research Assistant I, under general supervision, conducts basic/ translational research which may include animal work and other activities according to research protocol. Research activities may include some or all of the following: handling biological samples, laboratory experiments and activities, and data collection."
Then "Position Key Accountabilities: Under general supervision, performs laboratory experiments and activities to support research objectives.Collects, organize and prepares research data to provide needed information to principal investigators and other researchers. Updates notebooks, records, and databases as needed.Maintains clean laboratory equipment and/or work area to ensure a safe and efficient work environment.Orders laboratory and/or other supplies as directed by senior research staff.Stays abreast of new and updated procedures and protocols for the research laboratory. Must maintain compliance with required training. May participate in continuing education programs, seminars, and workshops.As needed, may coordinate the work of technicians to ensure efficient, timely and high-quality results.Performs other duties as assigned."
Then "Certification/Skills: General knowledge of research fields Minimum Education: Bachelor's Degree required May substitute required education with equivalent years of experience beyond the minimum experience requirement. Minimum Experience: None Physical Requirements: Exerts up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds frequently and/or a negligible amount constantly to move objects. Security Sensitive: This position is a security-sensitive position pursuant to Texas Education Code 51.215 and Texas Government Code411.094. To the extent that a position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Texas Business and Commerce Code117.001(2), the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired for and to continue to be employed in that position. Personnel in such positions, and similarly situated state contractors, will be routinely reviewed to determine whether things such as criminal history or continuous connections to the government or political apparatus of a foreign adversary might prevent the applicant, employee, or contractor from being able to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure. A foreign adversary is a nation listed in 15 C.F.R.791.4. Residency Requirement: Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas."
We need to extract sections: About the role (maybe the first paragraph describing role), Responsibilities (Position Key Accountabilities), Requirements (Minimum Education, Minimum Experience, Certification/Skills, Physical Requirements, Security Sensitive, Residency Requirement), Qualifications (maybe similar to Requirements), Skills (General knowledge of research fields), Benefits (the benefits described), Pay (Longevity Pay mentioned), Schedule (maybe not present; there is mention of generous time off but that's benefits; schedule not explicit). We should only include sections with real specific content. Pay: we have "Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)". That's specific enough. Benefits: many specifics. Schedule: not explicit; we have generous time off but that's benefits. No explicit schedule like full-time/part-time, hours. So we omit Schedule.
We need to avoid filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
We need to use for each section heading. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose.
We must not repeat job title. No markdown.
Let's craft sections:
About the role
-> prose summarizing first paragraph (maybe multiple sentences). Should preserve all substantive info: mention highly motivated, detail-oriented, collaborative candidate; animal cloning management, genotyping, tissue collection, immunostaining, behavioral testing; supporting research on neurocircuit mechanisms underlying behavioral flexibility; conduct experiments; gain experience with advanced techniques: chemogenetics, optogenetics, fiber photometry, miniscope calcium imaging, intersectional genetics, behavioral analyses; refer to publications; UTHealth Houston description; reward team; total rewards package etc. However benefits will be separate section; we might still include mention of rewards package but better to keep benefits separate. The "About the role" could focus on role description, not benefits. But we need to preserve all substantive info; we can split: role description in About the role, benefits in Benefits section. So we keep role description without benefits details.
Thus About the role paragraph: "We are looking for a highly motivated, detail-oriented, and collaborative candidate to join our research team. The position involves animal cloning management, genotyping, tissue collection, immunostaining, and behavioral testing, while supporting research on neurocircuit mechanisms underlying behavioral flexibility. The candidate will conduct experiments and gain experience with advanced techniques including chemogenetics, optogenetics, fiber photometry, miniscope calcium imaging, intersectional genetics, and behavioral analyses. For details on specific research directions in the lab, please refer to our recent publications (Xu et al., Cell Metabolism 2013; Xu et al., Nature Communications 2019; Xu et al., Cell Reports 2023, Cai et al., Neuron 2024). UTHealth Houston is Texas’ resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care."
That's good.
Responsibilities: Use Position Key Accountabilities (list). Also maybe Position Summary could be part of responsibilities. We'll combine.
We need to output as - items.
List items from Position Key Accountabilities:
- Under general supervision, performs laboratory experiments and activities to support research objectives.
- Collects, organizes and prepares research data to provide needed information to principal investigators and other researchers.
- Updates notebooks, records, and databases as needed.
- Maintains clean laboratory equipment and/or work area to ensure a safe and efficient work environment.
- Orders laboratory and/or other supplies as directed by senior research staff.
- Stays abreast of new and updated procedures and protocols for the research laboratory.
- Must maintain compliance with required training.
- May participate in continuing education programs, seminars, and workshops.
- As needed, may coordinate the work of technicians to ensure efficient, timely and high-quality results.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Also Position Summary: "The Research Assistant I, under general supervision, conducts basic/ translational research which may include animal work and other activities according to research protocol. Research activities may include some or all of the following: handling biological samples, laboratory experiments and activities, and data collection."
We could incorporate that as additional bullet or as prose. Since we need to use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. The summary is not a list but could be a
. We'll include a
before the list.
Thus Responsibilities section:
Responsibilities
then Position Summary: ...
then with items.
Requirements: include Minimum Education, Minimum Experience, Certification/Skills, Physical Requirements, Security Sensitive, Residency Requirement. Also maybe "General knowledge of research fields" as skill.
We'll format as - each.
List:
- Minimum Education: Bachelor's Degree required (may substitute required education with equivalent years of experience beyond the minimum experience requirement).
- Minimum Experience: None.
- Certification/Skills: General knowledge of research fields.
- Physical Requirements: Exerts up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds frequently and/or a negligible amount constantly to move objects.
- Security Sensitive: This position is a security-sensitive position pursuant to Texas Education Code 51.215 and Texas Government Code 411.094; ability to maintain security or integrity of critical infrastructure is a minimum qualification; personnel subject to routine review regarding criminal history or connections to foreign adversary governments.
- Residency Requirement: Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.
We need to preserve the exact wording but can adjust punctuation.
Qualifications: maybe same as Requirements? Could combine but we need separate sections only if distinct content. Since we have Requirements covering education, experience, etc., we could have Qualifications as same? Might be redundant. Better to have only Requirements and maybe Skills separate. The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we could combine Requirements and Qualifications into one section called "Requirements". But they asked to use headings like Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. We can decide to include only those with content. If we put both Requirements and Qualifications, they'd be similar; maybe we can treat Qualifications as same as Requirements but we risk duplication. Better to have Requirements covering education/experience, and Skills covering "General knowledge of research fields". But Certification/Skills already includes that. We could have Skills section for that.
Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements (education, experience, physical, security, residency), Skills (general knowledge of research fields), Benefits, Pay.
Check if any other specifics: Longevity Pay is Pay. Benefits: list many.
Now Benefits: we need to list as
- . The benefits paragraph includes:
- 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees
- Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time – all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year)
- The longer you stay, the more vacation you’ll accrue!
- Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service) – but that's Pay, we might move to Pay section.
- Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan!
- Free financial and legal counseling
- Free mental health counseling services
- Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs
- Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc.
- Resources for child and elder care
- Plus many more!
We should keep Longevity Pay in Pay section, not Benefits. So Benefits list excludes Longevity Pay.
Thus Benefits items:
- 100% paid medical premiums for full-time employees
- Generous time
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose. We must not repeat job title. No markdown. Let's craft sections:
About the role
-> prose summarizing first paragraph (maybe multiple sentences). Should preserve all substantive info: mention highly motivated, detail-oriented, collaborative candidate; animal cloning management, genotyping, tissue collection, immunostaining, behavioral testing; supporting research on neurocircuit mechanisms underlying behavioral flexibility; conduct experiments; gain experience with advanced techniques: chemogenetics, optogenetics, fiber photometry, miniscope calcium imaging, intersectional genetics, behavioral analyses; refer to publications; UTHealth Houston description; reward team; total rewards package etc. However benefits will be separate section; we might still include mention of rewards package but better to keep benefits separate. The "About the role" could focus on role description, not benefits. But we need to preserve all substantive info; we can split: role description in About the role, benefits in Benefits section. So we keep role description without benefits details. Thus About the role paragraph: "We are looking for a highly motivated, detail-oriented, and collaborative candidate to join our research team. The position involves animal cloning management, genotyping, tissue collection, immunostaining, and behavioral testing, while supporting research on neurocircuit mechanisms underlying behavioral flexibility. The candidate will conduct experiments and gain experience with advanced techniques including chemogenetics, optogenetics, fiber photometry, miniscope calcium imaging, intersectional genetics, and behavioral analyses. For details on specific research directions in the lab, please refer to our recent publications (Xu et al., Cell Metabolism 2013; Xu et al., Nature Communications 2019; Xu et al., Cell Reports 2023, Cai et al., Neuron 2024). UTHealth Houston is Texas’ resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care." That's good. Responsibilities: Use Position Key Accountabilities (list). Also maybe Position Summary could be part of responsibilities. We'll combine. We need to output as- items.
List items from Position Key Accountabilities:
- Under general supervision, performs laboratory experiments and activities to support research objectives.
- Collects, organizes and prepares research data to provide needed information to principal investigators and other researchers.
- Updates notebooks, records, and databases as needed.
- Maintains clean laboratory equipment and/or work area to ensure a safe and efficient work environment.
- Orders laboratory and/or other supplies as directed by senior research staff.
- Stays abreast of new and updated procedures and protocols for the research laboratory.
- Must maintain compliance with required training.
- May participate in continuing education programs, seminars, and workshops.
- As needed, may coordinate the work of technicians to ensure efficient, timely and high-quality results.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Also Position Summary: "The Research Assistant I, under general supervision, conducts basic/ translational research which may include animal work and other activities according to research protocol. Research activities may include some or all of the following: handling biological samples, laboratory experiments and activities, and data collection."
We could incorporate that as additional bullet or as prose. Since we need to use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. The summary is not a list but could be a
. We'll include a
before the list. Thus Responsibilities section:
Responsibilities
thenPosition Summary: ...
then- with items.
Requirements: include Minimum Education, Minimum Experience, Certification/Skills, Physical Requirements, Security Sensitive, Residency Requirement. Also maybe "General knowledge of research fields" as skill.
We'll format as
- each.
List:
- Minimum Education: Bachelor's Degree required (may substitute required education with equivalent years of experience beyond the minimum experience requirement).
- Minimum Experience: None.
- Certification/Skills: General knowledge of research fields.
- Physical Requirements: Exerts up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds frequently and/or a negligible amount constantly to move objects.
- Security Sensitive: This position is a security-sensitive position pursuant to Texas Education Code 51.215 and Texas Government Code 411.094; ability to maintain security or integrity of critical infrastructure is a minimum qualification; personnel subject to routine review regarding criminal history or connections to foreign adversary governments.
- Residency Requirement: Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.
We need to preserve the exact wording but can adjust punctuation.
Qualifications: maybe same as Requirements? Could combine but we need separate sections only if distinct content. Since we have Requirements covering education, experience, etc., we could have Qualifications as same? Might be redundant. Better to have only Requirements and maybe Skills separate. The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we could combine Requirements and Qualifications into one section called "Requirements". But they asked to use headings like Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. We can decide to include only those with content. If we put both Requirements and Qualifications, they'd be similar; maybe we can treat Qualifications as same as Requirements but we risk duplication. Better to have Requirements covering education/experience, and Skills covering "General knowledge of research fields". But Certification/Skills already includes that. We could have Skills section for that.
Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements (education, experience, physical, security, residency), Skills (general knowledge of research fields), Benefits, Pay.
Check if any other specifics: Longevity Pay is Pay. Benefits: list many.
Now Benefits: we need to list as
- . The benefits paragraph includes: - 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees - Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time – all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year) - The longer you stay, the more vacation you’ll accrue! - Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service) – but that's Pay, we might move to Pay section. - Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan! - Free financial and legal counseling - Free mental health counseling services - Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs - Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc. - Resources for child and elder care - Plus many more! We should keep Longevity Pay in Pay section, not Benefits. So Benefits list excludes Longevity Pay. Thus Benefits items: - 100% paid medical premiums for full-time employees - Generous time
- each.
List:
- Minimum Education: Bachelor's Degree required (may substitute required education with equivalent years of experience beyond the minimum experience requirement).
- Minimum Experience: None.
- Certification/Skills: General knowledge of research fields.
- Physical Requirements: Exerts up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds frequently and/or a negligible amount constantly to move objects.
- Security Sensitive: This position is a security-sensitive position pursuant to Texas Education Code 51.215 and Texas Government Code 411.094; ability to maintain security or integrity of critical infrastructure is a minimum qualification; personnel subject to routine review regarding criminal history or connections to foreign adversary governments.
- Residency Requirement: Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.
We need to preserve the exact wording but can adjust punctuation.
Qualifications: maybe same as Requirements? Could combine but we need separate sections only if distinct content. Since we have Requirements covering education, experience, etc., we could have Qualifications as same? Might be redundant. Better to have only Requirements and maybe Skills separate. The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we could combine Requirements and Qualifications into one section called "Requirements". But they asked to use headings like Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. We can decide to include only those with content. If we put both Requirements and Qualifications, they'd be similar; maybe we can treat Qualifications as same as Requirements but we risk duplication. Better to have Requirements covering education/experience, and Skills covering "General knowledge of research fields". But Certification/Skills already includes that. We could have Skills section for that.
Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements (education, experience, physical, security, residency), Skills (general knowledge of research fields), Benefits, Pay.
Check if any other specifics: Longevity Pay is Pay. Benefits: list many.
Now Benefits: we need to list as
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. The summary is not a list but could be a
- items.
List items from Position Key Accountabilities:
- Under general supervision, performs laboratory experiments and activities to support research objectives.
- Collects, organizes and prepares research data to provide needed information to principal investigators and other researchers.
- Updates notebooks, records, and databases as needed.
- Maintains clean laboratory equipment and/or work area to ensure a safe and efficient work environment.
- Orders laboratory and/or other supplies as directed by senior research staff.
- Stays abreast of new and updated procedures and protocols for the research laboratory.
- Must maintain compliance with required training.
- May participate in continuing education programs, seminars, and workshops.
- As needed, may coordinate the work of technicians to ensure efficient, timely and high-quality results.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Also Position Summary: "The Research Assistant I, under general supervision, conducts basic/ translational research which may include animal work and other activities according to research protocol. Research activities may include some or all of the following: handling biological samples, laboratory experiments and activities, and data collection."
We could incorporate that as additional bullet or as prose. Since we need to use