Research Technician

101040BR

Campus: Tempe

Research Technician

Job Description

The Mana lab conducts high impact science. We strive hard for our mission - to understand stem cell regulation through diet and disease. We value quality, rigor, curiosity, and innovation in our approach. The Mana lab seeks discovery and growth, and thus promotes a dynamic lab environment filled with self-motivated, creative, collaborative, and hardworking labmates. The Mana lab uses genetic mouse models and organoids (mouse and human) to explore the metabolic and epigenetic regulation in stem cells and cancer. This requires in vivo, ex vivo, and in vitro experiments. The Research technician will have a critical role in 1) learning and applying methods and techniques that are fundamental to the lab, 2) assist with maintaining a mouse colony, and 3) assisting with lab management by helping with ordering, organizing lab equipment/supplies, and on-boarding and training new labmates. The research technician will be a fundamental team player in ongoing research projects to advance the goals of the grant.

Job Family

Research & Laboratory

Department Name

Sols Administration & Faculty

Full-Time/Part-Time

Full-Time

Grant Funded Position

This is a grant funded position. Continuation is contingent on future grant funding.

Salary Range

$20.40 - $21.75 per hour; DOE

Essential Duties

• Learn, apply, and teach methods essential for the Mana lab: PCR, immunohistochemistry, in situ hybridization, microscopy, protein analysis (westerns), mouse handling, tissue harvesting, intestinal crypt isolation and culture, organoid culturing, flow cytometry, cell culture, viral transduction, plasmid design and construction, immunoprecipitation. 
• Assist with maintaining an active mouse colony: mouse handling/breeding/husbandry, setting up crosses, recording litters, tissue collection and lysis for genotyping, and weening pups.
• Assist with maintenance of records for purchasing, lab equipment, controlled substances and biosafety protocols used in the laboratory; package waste material and arrange for disposal according to established procedures. 
• Assist with organization of laboratory equipment, reagents and materials; stocking supply inventory; wash and autoclave glassware. 
• Train students in the operation of equipment, protocols, and performance of technical procedures.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in a field appropriate to the area of assignment; OR, Four years research experience appropriate to the area of assignment; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or education from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.

Desired Qualifications

• Characteristics/Qualities: Communicative. Motivated. Honest. Quick ability to learn. Strong technical abilities. Resilient. Organized. Curious. Willing to admit mistakes. Team-player. 
• Relevant knowledge base: molecular genetics, cell / molecular / development biology, biochemistry, cancer biology, statistics.
• Skills: Basic: sterile technique, PCR, QRT-PCR, cell culture, mouse handling.
• More advanced: FACS, organoid culture, brightfield / fluorescence / confocal microscopy, immunohistochemistry, westerns, cloning, data analysis (R, ImageJ).
• Bachelor's degree in biological sciences (ie. genetics, cell, biochemistry); OR, Four years of relevant research experience; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or education from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved. 
• Must be willing to work on an adjusted schedule to support research needs.
• Physical requirements: This position requires constant adjusting focus, seeing, sitting, mouse handling and working inside.
• 2 year minimum commitment preferable.

Working Environment

• Activities are performed in a lab setting and subject to extended periods of sitting, keyboarding, and manipulating a computer mouse, and standing for varying lengths of time.
• May be required to wear personal protective equipment before entering laboratories such as lab coat, gloves, safety glasses, and closed toe shoes.
• Frequent bending, reaching, lifting, pushing and pulling up to 25 pounds.
• Ability to clearly communicate to perform essential functions.
• This position receives regular review of objectives by department administrator. 
• Possible exposure to bloodborne pathogens
• Work with potentially hazardous agents or physical hazards
• Work with animals
• Position has specific vaccination requirements

Department Statement

The School of Life Sciences (SOLS) has provided a vital hub for creative excellence at Arizona State University, with more than 670 faculty, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and staff, and research that ranges from studies on biodiesel and biohydrogen to vaccine development and the conservation of whales. As ASU’s first academic unit to fully reflect President Michael Crow’s integrated, interdisciplinary vision for the New American University, the School of Life Sciences offers active and evolving platforms for collaborative, cutting-edge research and faculty whose discovery is freed from traditional institutional boundaries.

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Instructions to Apply

Application deadline is 3:00PM Arizona time on the date indicated.

Please include all employment information in month/year format (e.g., 6/88 to 8/94), job title, job duties and name of employer for each position.

Resume and cover letter should clearly illustrate how prior knowledge and experience meets the Minimum and Desired qualifications of this position.

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Only electronic applications are accepted for this position.

IMPORTANT NOTE: What is the meaning of “equivalent combination” in the minimum qualifications? It means one year of higher education or 24 credit hours, is equal to one year of experience. For example, a four year Bachelor’s degree is equal to four years of experience.