Principal Lab Assistant

Position Details

Position Information

Recruitment/Posting Title	Principal Lab Assistant
Job Category	Staff & Executive - Research (Laboratory/Non-Laboratory)
Department	RWJ-Neurosurgery-Meb
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 Principal Lab Assistant in the Department of Neurosurgery at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Rutgers RWJ Medical School takes an integrated approach to educating students, providing clinical care, and conducting research, all with the goal of improving human health. Our faculty are teachers, clinicians, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. The RWJ Rutgers Medical School is seeking a Principal Lab Assistant to support the PI in basic research on the following topics: 1) molecular and cellular studies of brain cells’ compensatory and repair mechanisms in response to brain injury and 2) risk factors of neurological, neurodegenerative or/and neuropsychiatric diseases. This support will entail maintaining mouse lines, as well as conducting mouse behavioral assays and bench-work experiments including biochemical and tissue culture methods as advised and supervised by the PI and Post-doctoral researchers in the team. Among the key duties of this position are the following: Mouse handling, genotyping or/and behavioral tests. Rodent brain dissection, stereotaxic surgery, cryostat sectioning, immunohistochemistry and confocal microscopy. Basic molecular biology or biochemistry techniques for the studies of DNA, RNA or/and protein including SDSPAGE and immunoblotting, DNA sub-cloning and amplification, PCR, protein overexpression and purification from E-coli. Tissue culture techniques such as maintenance of cell lines, transfection or primary neuronal cultures.
Position Status	Full Time
Hours Per Week
Daily Work Shift	Day
Work Arrangement
FLSA	Nonexempt
Grade	1475
Position Salary
Annual Minimum Salary	18.910
Annual Mid Range Salary	19.410
Annual Maximum Salary	19.990
Standard Hours	35.00
Union Description	Teamsters, Local 97
Payroll Designation	PeopleSoft
Benefits	Rutgers offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees. For details, please go to http://uhr.rutgers.edu/benefits/benefits-overview . Rutgers also offers a benefit program to eligible full-time postdoctoral fellow students. For details, please go to https://finance.rutgers.edu/healthcare-risk/insurance/postdoctoral-health-insurance.
Seniority Unit
Terms of Appointment	Staff - 12 month
Position Pension Eligibility	PERS

Qualifications

Minimum Education and Experience	BS or MS degree in biomedical or biological science with high motivation toward basic neuroscience research.
Certifications/Licenses
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities	Strong organizational, critical thinking, team interaction and communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications	Preference will be given to candidates with prior experience in neuroscience and mouse works.
Equipment Utilized
Physical Demands and Work Environment	PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Standing, sitting, walking, talking or hearing. No special vision requirements. Lifting up to 25 lbs. WORK ENVIRONMENT:Laboratory environment. Moderate noise
Special Conditions

Posting Details

Posting Number	22ST3862
Posting Open Date
Special Instructions to Applicants
Regional Campus	Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS)
Home Location Campus	Downtown New Brunswick
City	New Brunswick
State	NJ
Location Details

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