Research Coordinator II

About the role

Works with Principal Investigators and laboratory personnel to efficiently generate and submit protocols and protocol amendments to IACUC, IRB, and EH&S to support research project completion.

Liaises with staff and faculty (veterinarians) in those offices to promote efficiency of process to ensure smooth and timely protocol review.

Responsible for understanding and compliance with all required laboratory regulations such as ACS, EH&S, IACUC, UF, State and Federal guidelines, maintains accurate records and legal documentation required by institutional policies such as biological, chemical, and radiation safety policies.

Supports submission and compliance of licenses/registrations for substance and materials needed to engage in biomedical research with specific substances/materials.

Responsibilities

• Manage ordering processes to ensure efficient and cost-effective use of grant funding;
• Maintain lab supply inventory to ensure supplies are available for scheduled research projects;
• Researches and evaluates new products, compares and negotiates vendor prices;
• Orders reagents and materials to support lab operations;
• Follows-through with procedures required of the University to document and reconcile those transactions, including within myUFMarket and UFGo;
• Works within the guidelines of the Travel office to book travel for laboratory personnel and generate travel authorizations as needed;
• Supports the direction of lab staff to aid in experiments to develop and validate new gene therapies to treat diseases of the muscle;
• Trains lab staff in related methods;
• Provides consultation, guidance; provides proper instruction on lab equipment use and maintenance; provides oversight to ensure accurate and thorough record keeping; aids the PI in the organization of data; prepares reports and graphs as requested by the PI;
• Affords assistance in maintaining mouse colony and efficient management of mouse strains, including possibly genotyping of mouse lines;
• Coordinates animal care between the lab and institutional animal care staff as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in appropriate discipline and two years of relevant experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Skills

• Ability to plan, organize, and coordinate work assignments;
• Proven ability to develop laboratory SOPs for rodent experimentation and care;
• Proven ability to maintain training records;
• Proven ability to ensure compliance with federal and institutional animal care guidelines/policies;
• Proficiency in mouse and rat handling, special injection and surgical techniques, aseptic procedures;
• Fluency in goIACUC and LATCH;

Knowledge

• Working knowledge of biology, including gene therapeutics, adeno associated viruses (AAV), muscle, immunohistochemistry, PCR;
• Working knowledge of laboratory equipment purpose and use, including microscopes, centrifuges, and PCR machines.