Salary Range: $65,000 - $75,000.
Benefits
- Full medical, dental, vision coverage
- Paid time off
- 9 federally observed paid holidays
- 3 personal days
- Tuition remission – eligible employees and dependents can obtain a degree tuition free
- Generous retirement plan
Position Summary
We are seeking a highly motivated individual to join the newly formed Li laboratory within the Lewis Katz School of Medicine's Aging Cardiovascular Discovery Center. The lab has a broad spectrum of research interests including endogenous cardiac renewal, innate immunity, ischemic heart injury, and cardiac gene regulation.
Required Education and Experience
- Bachelor's Degree and at least four years of directly related experience. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
- Experience in molecular biology and animal genetics
Job Details
- This position requires a criminal history review.
- This is a grant-funded position.
Required Skills and Abilities
- Experience working with rodents.
- Strong project management, organizational and planning skills.
- In-depth knowledge of animal surgical practices and how to navigate ULAR and IACUC protocols and regulations.
Essential Duties
- Responsible for independently managing day-to-day activities of the laboratory.
- Provide direct assistance to the principal investigator (PI), trainees, students and technicians and assist with the overall management of lab personnel.
- Establish laboratory policies and procedures in accordance with research protocols.
- Ensure staff adheres to all policies, procedures and professional standards within the laboratory.
- Oversee all contractual and collaborative work.
- Work on complex research projects.
- Demonstrate the ability to make independent judgments involving changes in methodology or techniques.
- Understand and implement statistics and the assessment of proper experimental controls.
- Work closely with laboratory PI on projects and grants.
- Maintain all ULAR records and breeding records.
- Monitor the overall status of the animal colony.
- Maintain all animal protocols and documentation of regulatory paperwork and protocols.
- Maintain all laboratory documentation for EHRS, IBC and all other documentation necessary for the laboratory.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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