Komen Graduate Training Program UT MDACC · 2 hours ago
Senior Research Assistant Hematopoietic Biology & Malignancy
Houston, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$52K/yr - $78K/yr
3+ years expKomen Graduate Training Program UT MDACC is seeking a Senior Research Assistant to supervise and conduct advanced research projects in hematopoietic biology and malignancy. The role involves extensive hands-on experience with in vivo mouse research, including tumor cell injections and rodent colony management, while also maintaining laboratory organization and compliance with regulatory guidelines.
Hospital & Health Care
Responsibilities
Provide supervision and special training to technical personnel and/or highly technical work in medical and related research projects
Conduct experiments and carry out research projects in varied areas of molecular and cell biology as well as in vivo studies to investigate the role of tRNA deregulation in normal blood development and leukemic transformation
Order chemicals and reagents for the lab, lab organization and day to day functioning of the laboratory
Carry out experiments involving animals, and animal or human tissues, in accord with appropriate institutional and regulatory guidelines
Inject tumor cells into mice, and administer drug to animals by ip injection, iv injection, or oral gavage
Manage rodent breeding colonies including mating breeders, checking pregnancy, recording litters, monitoring pups development, identifying pups for genotyping, and weaning
Collect tissues for hematology and genotyping assays
Support in vivo experiments per project protocols
Report animal status and issues
Train new members of the laboratory in animal techniques
Maintain laboratory animals and maintaining up-to-date animal inventory
Assist in standard laboratory techniques (maintaining mammalian cells, growth assays, drug response assays, transfection and viral infection), nucleic acid extraction, PCR analyses, immunoblotting, CRISPR screens and NGS library preparation
Order and organize supplies for the laboratory
Maintain lab work area and lab equipment, monitoring it daily to ensure the lab operates safely, is clean, and all equipment is in good working order; understands correct operation of all lab equipment, and follows written instructions/operations manual
Prepare sterile media and solutions
Work with little direct oversight
Attention to detail and excellent organizational skills
Other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree Natural sciences or related field
Three years Scientific or experimental research work experience
One year experience with preferred degree
Preferred
Master's Degree Basic sciences
Experience with in vivo mouse studies, including tumor cell injections, drug administration (IP, IV, oral gavage), and rodent colony management such as breeding, genotyping, tissue collection, and animal health monitoring in compliance with regulatory guidelines
Benefits
Employer-paid medical coverage starting day one for employees working 30+ hours/week, plus optional group dental, vision, life, AD&D, and disability insurance.
Accruals for PTO and Extended Illness Bank, plus paid holidays, wellness, childcare, and other leave options.
Tuition Assistance Program after six months of service and access to extensive wellness, fitness, and employee resource groups.
Defined-benefit pension through the Teachers Retirement System, voluntary retirement plans, and employer-paid life and reduced salary protection programs.
Excellent benefits , including medical, dental, paid time off , retirement , tuition benefits, educational opportunities, and individual and team recognition.
Company
Komen Graduate Training Program UT MDACC
Through generous funding from Susan G.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase