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Job Description Summary

This is a position for a Senior Research Specialist, who will work with an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Rheumatology at the School of Medicine. The laboratory studies the immune system, emerging infectious diseases, and rare rheumatic diseases. A major focus of the laboratory is understanding how proteins called interferons regulate immune responses.

Job Responsibilities

• Isolation of infected tissues from mice, genotyping of mice, and performing mutagenesis, quantitative PCR and transient transfection assays.
• Cloning and molecular biology techniques.
• Isolation and culture of primary cells, preparation of virus stocks, virus infections of primary cells and mice.
• Complies with established safety procedures and maintains required documentation on laboratory and specimen conditions.
• Preparing reagents, maintaining records, and general lab duties.
• Perform additional laboratory management and other duties as assigned

Position Contingent Upon Funding

Qualifications

Master of Science and 3 to 5 years of experience or equivalent combination of education and experience is required.

Preferred: The ideal candidate for this job will have prior senior research specialist experience and/or laboratory management experience, as well as experience working with laboratory research animals.