Research Specialist A/B (Department of Neurosurgery)

About the role

The University of Pennsylvania is a world-renowned leader in education, research, and innovation. The University offers a competitive benefits package that includes excellent healthcare and tuition benefits for employees and their families, generous retirement benefits, a wide variety of professional development opportunities, supportive work and family benefits, a wealth of health and wellness programs and resources, and much more.

Responsibilities

• Plans and conducts basic experiments to meet research project objectives, with close supervision.
• Daily management of laboratory tools and equipment, documentations, and processes to ensure regulatory compliance and timely completion of project/program deliverables.
• Closely collaborates with Senior Research Specialists and Principal Investigator (PI) on experimental/clinical work set ups in accordance with established protocols and provides support for grad students and postdoctoral researchers.
• Conducts research and provides technical support to several projects developing novel, small molecule based, and immunotherapy based, therapeutics against tumors in a mouse model using both in vivo and in vitro molecular biology and immunology tools.
• Generates orthotopic brain tumors in mice, maintains a mouse colony, genotypes, performs immunohistochemistry on brain tissue, analyzes data, assists with flow cytometry, and conducts proteomic and gene expression analysis experiments.
• Harvests and maintains mammalian tissue cultures, maintains brain tumor bank, organizes and maintains laboratory logs, curates and backs up data, and maintains laboratory and equipment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree with 0-1 year of related experience in research and clinical study methodologies or an equivalent combination of education and experience required for Research Specialist A.
• Bachelor's Degree with 1-3 years of related experience in research and clinical study methodologies or an equivalent combination of education and experience required for Research Specialist B.

Skills

• An efficient communicator, able to determine how best to reach different personnel.
• Adept at planning and prioritizing work to meet duties with a keen focus on details.
• Action oriented and eager to take on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of importance and enthusiasm.

Benefits

The University of Pennsylvania offers a comprehensive benefits package including excellent healthcare and tuition benefits for employees and their families, generous retirement benefits, a wide variety of professional development opportunities, supportive work and family benefits, a wealth of health and wellness programs and resources, and much more.

Pay

$44,500.00 - $57,335.40 Annual Rate

Schedule

Not specified