Department:
Location: Health Sciences Center
Time Type:
Full time
Worker Type:
Regular
Job Req ID: R104159
Minimum Requirements:
Research Assistant II- Associate's degree in a related field and one or more years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education, training and work experience. Grade 2
Research Assistant III - Bachelor's degree in a related field and one or more years of research experience, or an equivalent combination of education, training and work experience. Grade 3
Position Description:
The Laboratory of Dr. Alex Carll (https://louisville.edu/envirome/research/laboratories/alex-carll-laboratory ) in the Center for Cardiometabolic Science, Department of Physiology, and Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute, has an opening for a Research Assistant II or Research Assistant III. The position will be filled at the level as determined by education, experience, and qualifications of the candidate. This position will assist in cardiovascular toxicology experiments involving biochemical and physiological measures of live rodents and their tissues.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Handle laboratory mice.
- Acquire physiologic data from mice (e.g., electrocardiograms or blood pressure signals).
- Conduct animal inhalation exposures to e-cigarette aerosols or air pollutants.
- Organize, analyze, and summarize large experimental datasets in MS Excel or other data processing software.
- Perform biochemical/molecular assays (e.g., Western blot, qRTPCR, ELISA).
- Prepare materials and equipment necessary for laboratory tests.
- Research literature and help prepare journal articles for submission.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience and comfort processing datasets.
- Comfort with basic handling of rodents for experiments.
- Past experience with physiologic data, wet lab procedures (Western blot, qRTPCR, ELISA), surgery, histology, or statistical analyses.
- curiosity and attention to detail.
- Research Assistant III only: experience in animal and/or preclinical research.
$27.85
Target Compensation Minimum:
$18.56
Compensation will be commensurate to candidate experience.
Equal Employment Opportunity
The University of Louisville is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer, and is committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, age, color, national origin, ethnicity, creed, religion, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and expression, marital status, pregnancy, or veteran status. If you are unable to use our online application process due to an impairment or disability, please contact the Employment team at [email protected] or 502.852.6258.
Assistance and Accommodations
Computers are available for application submission at the Human Resources Department located at 215 Central Avenue, Ste 205 - Louisville, Kentucky 40208.
If you require assistance or accommodation with our online application process, please contact us by email at [email protected] or by phone 502-852-6258.