"Research Technician B"

About Us

Intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) remains a major problem of extremely premature infants worldwide, affecting about 12,000 infants each year in the USA. There is no treatment to minimize cortical damage, white matter injury, or hydrocephalus in the survivors with IVH. We employ genetic and pharmacological strategies in our rabbit and mouse model to minimize brain injury and improve neurological outcomes. These studies are of immense translational significance.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES

We have a neonatal rabbit and a mouse model of intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH). Our rabbit experiments include performing C-section to deliver E29 rabbit kits, care for and feed them for up to 3 weeks. At E29, we induce IVH and determine the severity of IVH by head ultrasound. We employ genetic and pharmacological strategies to minimize brain injury and promote neurological recovery.

Perform a moderate number of simple or moderate technical procedures including:

• Helping with C-section
• Feeding rabbit pups on weekdays and 1-2 times during the weekend (equal turns as by other lab members).
• Euthanizing animals and making frozen blocks
• Immunohistochemistry.
• Western blot analyses
• RNA extraction and RT-PCR
• Injecting blood into the mouse brain

They will:

• Require occasional guidance
• Occasionally be responsible for ordering routine supplies
• Rarely modify technical procedures
• Rarely train other lab members
• Rarely guide other lab members;
• A simple/ limited understanding of scientific literature and the research goals and rationale is required
• Occasionally analyze data
• Rarely interpret data

QUALIFICATIONS

Required to have at least a Bachelor's Degree in a related science or equivalent skills and related experience, and zero to two years of related experience

Preferred:

• 1 to 2 years experience with tissue culture, mouse bleeding and surgery molecular biology and assays preferred
• Background in Molecular Biology a plus
• Laboratory courses in Biology or chemistry or biochemistry/molecular biology preferred

Time and duration: 30 hours a week for 6 months which will includes Tuesdays and some weekends.

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.