Cardiovascular Research Lab Coordinator

Penn State University; Tallahassee (FL); On-site; USD 54,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

The Penn State College of Medicine, Heart and Vascular Institute in Hershey, PA is seeking a lab coordinator to study arrhythmia and heart failure in congenital heart disease. The role will involve cell culture, imaging, patch clamp techniques, and small animal echocardiography, with data analysis and presenting results.

Primary duties include lab management, IRB support, training staff, preparing iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes, performing qPCR, Western blot, and coordinating weekly lab activities

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree with 3+ years of relevant experience.
• No required certifications.

Responsibilities

• Manage multi-center submission of human subjects data and biologic specimens. Lab management (ordering, meticulous record keeping, attention to detail). Assist the postdoctoral and predoctoral teams with projects where needed (qPCR, western blot, other basic lab techniques).
• Assist faculty with IRB protocols.
• Oversee lab management (ordering, inventory, maintenance, storage, study budget management, meticulous record keeping, and lab security).
• Prepare human iPSC derived cardiomyocytes and perform contraction analyses at rest and in response to medication studies, along with patch clamping techniques and studies.
• Prepare cDNA clones for transfection, prepare dissection and dissociation solutions, process DNA and protein samples for PCR and Western blotting assays. Maintain cell line cultures for transfection. Transfect cell lines, perform pharmacological assays of transfected cell lines with the microplate reader, perform Western blotting assays and quantitative RT-PCR assays.
• Independently monitor and carry out oversight of animal lines including transgenic mice colony maintenance, employing gel electrophoresis and PCR techniques, preparing solutions and other routine lab duties. Analyze and plot data obtained from the assays performed. Assist faculty with IACUC protocols. Oversee animal charges and apply to appropriate study budgets.
• Provide training of other lab staff to ensure that duties above are properly and aptly executed. Coordinate weekly lab activities with PI and lab staff schedules along with the necessary supplies, equipment, and core facility availability.

Skills

Cell culture

Patch clamp

Echocardiography

qPCR

Western blot

Education

Bachelor’s degree in biological sciences

Tools

Small animal imaging

Radiotelemetry devices

Job description

The Penn State College of Medicine, Heart and Vascular Institute in Hershey, PA is seeking a lab coordinator to study arrhythmia and heart failure in congenital heart disease. The role will involve cell culture, imaging, patch clamp techniques, and small animal echocardiography, with data analysis and presenting results.

Primary duties include lab management, IRB support, training staff, preparing iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes, performing qPCR, Western blot, and coordinating weekly lab activities