Research Technician III, Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Position Highlights

The Ottenheijm lab in the UArizona Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine is seeking a motivated, independent Research Technician for a joint position to support research focused on the structure and function of the cardiac and skeletal muscle proteins Titin and Nebulin and their role in disease.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this positions.

Duties & Responsibilities

Perform complex experimental procedures with minimal supervision, including:

• Performing muscle mechanics and confocal microscopy.
• Managing research animals, including breeding and weaning.
• Performing toe/tail tipping, PCR genotyping.
• Analyzing data, interpreting data.
• Performing mouse dissections.

Record-keeping, Analysis, and Presentations:

• Maintain compliance records and SOPs.
• Communicates effectively all aspects of experiments with PI or other laboratory staff.
• Keeps accurate and detailed records of experiments, results, and enters data in laboratory databases.
• Catalogs specimens and samples.
• Performs independent analysis and interpretation of data for investigator and prepares summary reports.
• Assists in preparation of data for publication and/or presentations at scholarly meetings.
• Assist in troubleshooting of unexpected technical obstacles.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Protocol Design and Refinements:

• With minimal supervisor guidance, refines, adapts, and makes decisions to switch experiment parameters in response to situational demands of experiments.
• Prepares experimental designs, technical protocols and techniques, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

Trains and guides lab members and students in standard lab techniques and animal procedures.