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- 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees
- Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time – all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year)
- The longer you stay, the more vacation you’ll accrue!
- Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)
- Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan!
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- Free financial and legal counseling
- Free mental health counseling services
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- Resources for child and elder care
- Plus many more!
Position Summary:
Under general direction of senior research staff, conducts activities to support research projects. Exercises judgment within defined procedures and practices.
The Translational Psychiatry Program in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences is looking for a Research Assistant to join their multi-disciplinary and productive team. The Research Assistant will support studies focused on the neurobiology of psychiatric disorders. Activities are mostly focused on wet-lab experiments with human biological specimens, cells, and post-mortem tissues, including cell culture, isolation of nucleic acids, PCR, epigenetics, ELISA, microarrays, microscopy, and molecular biology techniques.
Position Key Accountabilities:
Certification/Skills:
General knowledge and some detailed concepts of research field assigned.
Minimum Education:
Bachelor’s degree or relevant experience in lieu of education.
Minimum Experience:
One year of related experience in a research or clinical lab environment.
May substitute required experience with equivalent years of education beyond the minimum education requirement.
Ideal candidates will possess significant experience in a wet-lab environment and a strong interest in genetics, psychiatry, and neuroscience.
Physical Requirements:
Exerts up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or 10 pounds frequently and/or up to 10 pounds constantly to move objects.
This position may include work involving potentially hazardous chemical, biological or radioactive agents.
Security Sensitive:
This job class may contain positions that are security sensitive and thereby subject to the provisions of Texas Education Code § 51.215
Residency Requirement:
Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.
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