Laboratory Assistant I - Urology (Limited)

The Department of Urology is seeking to hire a Limited Full time Laboratory Assistant 1 in a cutting-edge benign Urology research laboratory engaged in translational surgical device design. Under the mentorship of the Principal Investigator, you will contribute to ongoing research into the role of bacteria and biofilms in the formation and pathogenesis of kidney stones.

Your duties will include completing a variety of routine and basic laboratory procedures including, but not limited to, bacterial and tissue culture, qPCR and fluorescent microscopy. Laboratory support duties include helping lab manager with inventory control, ordering of supplies and preparation of laboratory materials and reagents in line with all safety and regulatory requirements as needs dictate. This role may have other duties as assigned.

Pay Range: $19.90 - $23.04 hourly

• Culture experience including aseptic technique and primary cell culture
• Ability to perform general laboratory techniques such as weighing, sterilizing, titration, glassware washing, filtering, reagent and buffer prep, maintaining sterile technique.
• Basic knowledge and understanding of molecular techniques.
• Skill in keeping accurate and complete research records.
• Ability to recognize irregularities and invalid results.
• Ability to make sound measurements and observations.
• Ability to work as part of a research team and establish cooperative working relationships with researchers, residents, students, and other support personnel.
• Ability to communicate in oral and written form, for the purpose of providing information to others in the laboratory. This includes the ability to record findings and methods in a laboratory journal in an accurate, complete, and timely way.
• Ability to conduct multiple experiments in close temporal proximity.
• Ability to read and understand experimental protocols as guidelines.
• Mathematical skills to calculate chemical and biological concentrations in solutions.
• Organized, detail oriented, and able to quickly adapt to the addition of novel tasks.

Preferred

• Knowledge of how to use and maintain modern laboratory equipment including incubators, tissue culture hoods, centrifuges, balances, and pH meter.