RESEARCHER
or drop it. So we can include Employee Status, Shift, Work Arrangement in a short paragraph under About the role or maybe a separate meta paragraph. But we should not create a heading for them. We'll include a short paragraph after the heading About the role that includes: Employee Status: Regular; Shift: Day/1st; Work Arrangement: Onsite (schedule to be determined). That's minor metadata. We must not repeat job title as heading. So we start with
About the role
then paragraph summarizing the position summary and lab info. ThenResponsibilities
with- items for duties.
Then
Requirements
maybe for mandatory qualifications? The posting has Qualifications (education/experience) required. Then Preferences (preferred). We could combine Requirements and Qualifications? The headings list includes Requirements and Qualifications separate. We could put mandatory qualifications under Requirements, and preferred qualifications under Qualifications? Or we could put all under Qualifications. But we need to follow instruction: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it. So we need to decide what content goes where. We have: - Required education/experience: Master's degree in a related field OR Bachelor's degree in related field and two (2) years of related experience OR Associate's degree in related field and four (4) years of related experience required or High School diploma or GED and six (6) years of related experience required. Work experience may NOT substitute for education requirement. That's mandatory qualifications. - Preferences: Master's degree in specific list; Master's degree and 1 year of experience; Candidates with research experience in molecular and cell biological experiments and in vivo study are preferred. Also preferences for iPSC, computational biology. Thus we can have:Requirements
for mandatory education/experience.Qualifications
for preferred qualifications (skills, experience). Or we could swap. But the heading list includes both Requirements and Qualifications. We'll use Requirements for mandatory, Qualifications for preferred. Skills: we can list specific technical skills: molecular and cell biological experiments, in vivo study, iPSC‑based dish‑clinical trials, computational biology, grant writing, project management, SOP development, mentoring/training, lab inventory management, safety/compliance. Benefits: none. Pay: we have Salary Range. Schedule: we have Work Arrangement (final schedule to be determined) Onsite. Not specific schedule; we might omit Schedule section. Thus output:About the role
Position: Researcher in the lab of Dr. Yuhua Song, Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Alabama at Birmingham. The lab focuses on small molecule therapeutic drug discovery and mechanism studies in Alzheimer's disease, cancer, and other neurodegenerative diseases. Employee Status: Regular; Shift: Day/1st; Work Arrangement: Onsite (schedule to be determined by department/hiring manager).
Responsibilities
- Independently lead and execute research projects from concept through completion.
- Design and implement research studies using sound scientific methods.
- Analyze, interpret, and present research findings.
- Contribute to preparation and publication of scientific manuscripts, reports, and presentations.
- Collaborate with internal and external research partners, investigators, and stakeholders.
- Manage research project timelines, milestones, and deliverables.
- Coordinate activities across cross‑functional teams to ensure successful project execution.
- Assist with grant writing, proposal development, and funding applications.
- Support efforts to secure and maintain research funding for current and future projects.
- Oversee day‑to‑day laboratory operations and research activities.
- Mentor junior staff and provide guidance on research methodologies and best practices.
- Train new students and team members on laboratory procedures and protocols.
- Develop, implement, and maintain standard operating procedures (SOPs) and documentation.
- Manage laboratory ordering, inventory, supplies, and equipment.
- Monitor and maintain laboratory equipment and resources.
- Ensure compliance with institutional, safety, and regulatory requirements.
- Work with research animals, specimens, and/or research collaborators as required by the specific research focus.
- Maintain accurate records and documentation to support research integrity and regulatory compliance.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements
Master's degree in a related field OR Bachelor's degree in a related field and two (2) years of related experience OR Associate's degree in a related field and four (4) years of related experience OR High School diploma or GED and six (6) years of related experience required. Work experience may NOT substitute for the education requirement.
Qualifications
- Preferred: Master's degree in Biology, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Genetics, Biomedical Sciences, Microbiology, Biotechnology, Physiology, Neuroscience, Immunology, Pharmacology, Animal Science, Veterinary Science, Medical Laboratory Science, or closely related life sciences field.
- Preferred: Master's degree and 1 year of experience.
- Preferred: Research experience in molecular and cell biological experiments and in vivo study.
- Preferred: Experience with dish‑based clinical trials using iPSC technology for therapeutic outcome studies.
- Preferred: Experience or interest in computational biology research.
Skills
- Molecular and cell biological experiments
- In vivo study
- iPSC‑based dish‑clinical trials
- Computational biology
- Grant writing and funding acquisition
- Project management and timeline coordination
- Standard operating procedure (SOP) development and documentation
- Mentoring and training of junior staff and students
- Laboratory inventory, ordering, and equipment management
- Safety and regulatory compliance
Pay
Salary Range: $50,050 – $65,065
We must not include any extra text. Ensure no markdown fences. Output only HTML fragment. Check for any duplicated content: we have responsibilities list includes many items; we kept them all. We omitted duplicated lines like "General Responsibilities" which repeats position summary. Good. We omitted EEO etc. We included minor metadata in About the role paragraph. We didn't create Benefits or Schedule sections. Check that we didn't invent any info: All items are from posting. Skills list derived from responsibilities; each item is explicitly mentioned in responsibilities: e.g., "Manage laboratory ordering, inventory, supplies, and equipment." => Laboratory inventory, ordering, and equipment management. "Develop, implement, and maintain standard operating procedures (SOPs) and documentation." => SOP development. "Mentor junior staff and provide guidance on research methodologies and best practices." => Mentoring. "Train new students and team members on laboratory procedures and protocols." => Training. "Assist with grant writing, proposal development, and funding applications." => Grant writing. "Manage research project timelines, milestones, and deliverables." => Project management. "Work with research animals, specimens, and/or research collaborators