- Excellent medical, dental and vision coverage effective on your very first day
- 2:1 Match on retirement savings
- Consulting primary literature, design, execute experiments, and evaluate results. Suggest modifications to experimental design, controls, and alternative explanations of the data.
- Coordinate collaborations with other laboratories for acquiring data and sharing information related to the research. Prepare data tables and figures for sharing in collaborative projects.
- Oversee breeding colonies of a dozen mouse lines, including husbandry and record-keeping, maintenance of mouse colony, and compliance with safety and health requirements.
- Train research technicians, undergraduates, and postdocs in laboratory procedures, including primary cell preparation and culture, and analysis by flow cytometer; RNA, DNA and protein preparations and analysis.
- Ensure that documentation of lab inventions and protocols, safety records, hazardous waste, and radioactivity use complies with university and federal regulations. Coordinate lab safety training for individuals. Maintain lab personnel work and ensure its appropriately conducted and documented. Maintain laboratory equipment, manage and order lab supplies, and manage the disposal of hazardous and radioactive waste.
- Prepare oral and written data for sharing with other researchers. Attend meetings and present research findings. Draft primary research articles and review articles.
- Assist in the preparation of grant proposals. Evaluate the research design, hypotheses, data interpretation, and presentation for grant applications.
Research Laboratory Technician Sr/Inter/Assoc - Ann Arbor, United States - University of Michigan
Description
Mission Statement
Michigan Medicine improves the health of patients, populations and communities through excellence in education, patient care, community service, research and technology development, and through leadership activities in Michigan, nationally and internationally. Our mission is guided by our Strategic Principles and has three critical components; patient care, education and research that together enhance our contribution to society.
Why Join Michigan Medicine?
Michigan Medicine is one of the largest health care complexes in the world and has been the site of many groundbreaking medical and technological advancements since the opening of the U-M Medical School in . Michigan Medicine is comprised of over 30, employees and our vision is to attract, inspire, and develop outstanding people in medicine, sciences, and healthcare to become one of the world's most distinguished academic health systems. In some way, great or small, every person here helps to advance this world-class institution. Work at Michigan Medicine and become a victor for the greater good.
What Benefits can you Look Forward to?
Responsibilities*
Required Qualifications*
SENIOR LEVEL - Bachelor's degree in biology or related field with a minimum of 2 years of relevant laboratory research experience in molecular biology, immunology, microbiology. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be accepted, including relevant undergraduate and graduate student experience.
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL- Bachelor's degree in biology or a related field with 1 year of laboratory research experience in molecular biology, immunology, microbiology. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be accepted, including relevant undergraduate and graduate student experience.
ASSOCIATE LEVEL - Associate's or bachelor's degree in biology or a related field is required.
Requirements for all classification levels - The candidate must be open to working with experimental mice.
Underfill Statement
This position may be underfilled at a lower classification depending on the qualifications of the selected candidate.