Research Teaching Specialist Ii - Newark, United States - Rutgers University

Rutgers University

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Position Information
Recruitment/Posting Title
Research Teaching Specialist II
Job Category

Staff & Executive

Research Support (Laboratory/Non-Laboratory)
Department
NJMS-MedicineInfectious Diseases
Overview
New Jersey's academic health center, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) takes an integrated approach to educating students, providing clinical care, and conducting research, all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers University-New Brunswick and collaborating university wide, RBHS includes eight schools, a behavioral health network, and five centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, advanced biotechnology and medicine, environmental and occupational health, and health care policy and aging research.

Our faculty are teachers, clinicians, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings.

We offer an outstanding education in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health careers.

Our clinical and academic facilities are located throughout the state—at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, including Piscataway; and at locations in Newark, Scotch Plains, Somerset, Stratford, and other locations.

Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, Newark's University Hospital in Newark, and other affiliates.
Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives.
Posting Summary

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Research Teaching Specialist II for NJMS-MedicineInfectious Diseases. This position is under direction, and is responsible for the management of a mediumsized laboratory area. Designs and conducts highly specialized, technical research. May supervise work of technicians and be assisted by lowerlevel professionals.

Among the key duties of this position are the following:

Is responsible for communicating, planning and performing experiments with intra and extra-institutional investigators performing genotypic and phenotypic studies of clinical and laboratory BSL2 and BSL3 pathogens as part of drug development efforts.
Uses conventional and novel methods including advanced robotics to screen libraries of M. tuberculosis for drug tolerance and drug resistance phenotypes.
Performs MIC testing, kill curves and other microbiological tests to characterize M. tuberculosis and other BSL2 and BSL3 pathogens.
Designs and tests novel prodrugs against tuberculosis and other BSL2 and BSL3 pathogens 5. Performs genetic manipulations of M. tuberculosis and other mycobacteria including the development of resistant mutants, cloning, and gene knockouts.
Performs microbiological characterization different M. tuberculosis strains and M. tuberculosis mutants.
Performs biological experiments with inhibited M. tuberculosis.
Performs transcriptional and metabolomic studies and uses systems biology approaches to analyze results.
Prepares manuscripts for publication of data generated.

Position Status

Full Time
Hours Per Week

Daily Work Shift

Work Arrangement

FLSA

Exempt
Grade
25S
Position Salary
68,938
Annual Minimum Salary

Annual Mid Range Salary

Annual Maximum Salary

Standard Hours

37.50
Union Description
HPAE, Local 5094
Payroll Designation
PeopleSoft
Benefits

Seniority Unit

Terms of Appointment

Staff 12 month
Position Pension Eligibility

ABP

Qualifications
Minimum Education and Experience
Master's Degree in relevant sciences plus two (2) years of related research required.

Certifications/Licenses

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Must be willing to work with virulent _M. tuberculosis _strains and murine tuberculosis models. The Fellow will need to be trained in working in a biosafety level 3 laboratory, which is mandatory for experimentation with _M. tuberculosis. _Training in working with murine models of tuberculosis is also required. The requirements listed must be representative of the knowledge, skills, minimum education, training, licensure, experience,_ _and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Preferred Qualifications

EDUCATION
AND/OR
EXPERIENCE:

Doctoral Degree in relevant sciences required. Experience in recombinant DNA technology (particularly that utilized for the generation of _M. tuberculosis _mutants), murine disease models, working in a BSL3 environment, and in biochemical studies preferred.

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Physical Demands and Work Environment

PHYSICAL
DEMAND

WORK
ENVIRONMENT
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