"Research Assistant"

Research Assistant

Company:
New York Institute of Technology

Job Location:
Old Westbury, 11568

Category:
Laboratory and Research

Type:
Full-Time

Job ID: 2025-4355

Division: College of Arts & Sciences

Position Type: Staff

Type: Regular Full-Time

Overview:

NYIT seeks a Research Assistant (RA) to join Dr. Tawfeek's laboratory at the Long Island Campus. The RA will assist the Principal Investigator in running investigator-initiated research programs. The research programs are focused on studying bone loss and immune dysfunction after spinal cord injury (SCI) using preclinical rodent models of SCI. The work will involve performing in vivo and in vitro procedures and performing molecular biology procedures and assays. The successful candidate will work under close supervision by Dr. Tawfeek and his research team members. This is a grant approved role and is subject to the duration of the grant.

Responsibilities:

• Performs in vivo and in vitro procedures, experiments, and assays.
• Assists in sample processing and storage and management of sample inventory, coordination of sample transport, and shipping specimens per IATA guidelines.
• Maintains lab equipment and prepares, organizes, and maintains different detailed laboratories and study documents.
• Assists with management and compliance with federal, state, and institutional regulatory requirements and animal and biosafety protocol submissions.
• Places orders for reagents and animals from different vendors.
• Performs additional related duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in science, biology, or similar/related field.
• Experience working with mice including colony maintenance, breeding, genotyping, injection, surgery and postoperative monitoring, blood collection and cardiac puncture, euthanasia, and tissue collection.
• Experience with tissue culture, PCR, Western blot, and ELISA.
• Well-organized, motivated, and a responsible team member with ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in performing contusion and/or transection spinal cord injury surgery in mice.
• Experience in bone biology and/or immunology.
• Cell and tissue staining.
• Flow cytometry analysis.

Minimum Salary
USD $50,000.00/Yr.

Maximum Salary
USD $50,000.00/Yr.

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