"Research Technician B"

About Us

The Eliscovich lab is seeking a Research Technician B. This is a full-time research laboratory technician position in the Department of Medicine (division of Hepatology) and Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology to assist with research on liver cell biology using imaging technologies such as fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) to visualize how RNA is regulated in time and space in the native context of the liver tissue.

Position Responsibilities

The research technician will:

• Perform simple or moderately complex technical procedures
• Require occasional guidance/supervision
• Occasionally be responsible for ordering supplies
• Rarely provide guidance and train other lab members
• Require a simple understanding of scientific literature, research goals and rationale
• Rarely modify technical procedures (under the supervision of the PI)
• Occasionally analyze data
• Rarely interpret data
• Rarely make written contributions to papers and grant proposals

Under general supervision, the research technician will be responsible for carrying out procedures such as:

• Assistance with mouse work
• Assistance with tissue sample processing for histological analyses
• Assistance with cell culture procedures
• Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and immunofluorescence experiments
• Maintenance of general supplies and reagents used in the laboratory including inventory and ordering of basic laboratory supplies; and tissue sample indexing and storage
• Maintenance of freezer inventories of cryopreserved tissues/cells and reagents

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in a related science field (Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry) or equivalent skills; and 0-2 years of experience required.

Preferred:

• Prior experience in general lab procedures and handling of mice is highly desirable
• Background in RNA biology, liver cell biology and fluorescence microscopy is highly desirable
• Organizational skills, detailed oriented, record keeping and initiative is essential

Hiring Rate

$26.80

Post Probationary Rate

$27.33

Job Rate

$28.18

About Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Founded in 1955, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Einstein) is one of the nation’s premier institutions for medical education, basic research and clinical investigation. A full-time faculty of some 2,000 conducts research, teaches, and delivers health care in every major biomedical specialty. The college has some 730 medical students, 193 Ph.D. students, 106 MD/Ph.D. students and 275 postdoctoral fellows.

Einstein’s major strength, in addition to training physicians and scientists, is its science. During fiscal year 2015, the faculty’s consistently high level of scientific achievement resulted in the awarding of more than $150 million in peer-reviewed grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Einstein is part of Montefiore Medicine Academic Health System, an integrated academic delivery system comprising seven campuses, including 8 hospitals, a multi-county ambulatory network, a new state-of-the art “hospital without beds”, a skilled nursing facility, school of nursing, home health agency, and the state’s first freestanding emergency department. As the University Hospital for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore is a premier academic health system, employing Einstein’s clinical faculty and training Einstein’s medical students, over 1,300 residents, 420 allied health students, and 1,600 nursing students annually.

The Albert Einstein College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information. Einstein seeks candidates whose skills, and personal and professional experience, have prepared them to contribute to our commitment to diversity and excellence, and the communities we serve.