Technician B

Columbia University Irving Medical Center; New York (NY); On-site; USD 49,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

The department at Columbia University Irving Medical Center is seeking a motivated Technician B to assist Stem Cell Regenerative Medicine research aimed at treating inherited dystrophies causing blindness, including retinitis pigmentosa and age-related macular degeneration. The Technician B will support the PI with administrative and writing tasks.

The role includes manuscript editing, IRB/IACUC management, phenotyping patients, evaluating stem cell transplantation and gene therapy efficacy, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, biology or physics or related science or equivalent in education, training and experience.
• Excellent communication and writing skills.
• Must be able to work effectively with minimal supervision.
• Computer skills required.

Responsibilities

• Patient specific stem cell disease modeling.
• Carry out laboratory management duties including the ordering of laboratory equipment, reagents, chemicals, animals and general supplies.
• Maintain equipment for histology, immunohistochemistry, light and fluorescent microscopy.
• Manage mouse colonies and record keeping.
• Under the supervision of the PI, assist with budgets and manage financial resources of the laboratory.
• Administrative duties related to manuscripts/grant application.
• Assist with preparing manuscripts/grant applications
• Compose clinical research reports
• Teach and train laboratory technicians and students.
• Any other duties assigned

Skills

Excellent communication

Writing skills

Computer skills

Independent work

Education

Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, biology or physics

Job description

• Salary Range: $54,462.05 - $54,462.05

Technical Grade 4

• Job Type: Support Staff - Union
• Bargaining Unit: SSA
• Regular/Temporary: Regular
• Hours Per Week: 35
• Building: Hammer Health Sciences Building
• Salary Range: $54,462.05 - $54,462.05

The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to departmental budgets, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, and training. The above hiring range represents the University's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.

Position Summary

The department is seeking a motivated individual to assist/work on Stem Cell Regenerative Medicine to treat inherited dystrophies leading to blindness. diseases include retinitis pigmentosa, age-related macular degeneration, and Stargardt disease. The Technician B would be responsible for aiding the PI in performing administrative and writing-based tasks to support this research. They would also be responsible for helping laboratory members with manuscript editing and IRB/IACUC management, phenotype patients with known DNA mutations and testing the efficacy of stem cell transplantation and gene therapy.

Responsibilities

• Patient specific stem cell disease modeling.
• Carry out laboratory management duties including the ordering of laboratory equipment, reagents, chemicals, animals and general supplies.
• Maintain equipment for histology, immunohistochemistry, light and fluorescent microscopy.
• Manage mouse colonies and record keeping.
• Under the supervision of the PI, assist with budgets and manage financial resources of the laboratory.
• Administrative duties related to manuscripts/grant application.
• Assist with preparing manuscripts/grant applications
• Compose clinical research reports
• Teach and train laboratory technicians and students.
• Any other duties assigned

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, biology or physics or related science or equivalent in education, training and experience
• Excellent communication and writing skills
• Must be able to work effectively with minimal supervision
• Computer skills required

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience working in a research laboratory setting desirable
• Experience in grant application, project conducting, and manuscript preparation for paper submission
• Broad knowledge and excellent skills in a wide-variety of molecular biology methods from very fundamental to advanced technologies, including tissue culture (cell line, primary cell, stem cell), mouse handling, mouse model creating (transgene, knock-in, knock-out), gene therapy/editing techniques (CRISPR, TALEN, Zinc finger) in vitro and in vivo, etc.

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