Required Qualifications:
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BA/BS with major in biological science plus one year of experience, or equivalent combination education and experience to total five years.
Preferred Qualifications:
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Cell culture experience including tumor lines and/or primary cells
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Prior experience working with laboratory animals
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Experience running flow cytometry
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Understanding of laboratory protocols and necessary steps to ensure compliance with protocols
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Ability to initiate and process multiple projects simultaneously
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Experience with routine lab-created tasks
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Prior experience maintaining accurate documentation of procedures and experimental data from projects in logical and organized manner
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Experience reporting effectively on the progress and direction of individual projects
Essential Employee
The successful candidate will be designated as an Essential Employee. Essential Employees are expected to report to campus during a University State of Emergency (reduced operations or campus closure) unless specifically directed by the Department not to report or if directed by civil emergency or medical authorities not to report for health and safety reasons. As an Essential Employee, you must report to campus even if the closure is less than 3 days.
Responsibilities:
80% Conduct, oversee, and analyze data from multiple experiments
Generation of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells and T cells from induced pluripotent stem cells Assess phenotype and functionality of generated T cells using FACS analysis
Genome editing of induced pluripotent stem cells
Culture and maintained of iPSC cell banks
Coordinates and plans differentiations experiments
Generation of Chimeric Antigen receptor T cells
Management of experimental animals and injection and harvest of tissues from animal models
Conduct in vitro and in vivo killing assays to assess CAR-T and T cell function Teaches and supervises differentiation techniques.
Analyze and synthesize data from experiments for protocol optimization Accurately records experiments and results Routine lab maintenance
20% Lab management and maintenance, including waste removal, supply inventory, inventory, as well as other day-to-day laboratory cleanliness activities
Work Location:
In Person - 480 MCRB
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