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UC San Diego is Hiring a Lab Technician - 129743 Near San Diego, CA
DepartmentMEDICINE/ Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep
Hiring Pay Scale
$25.75 - $30.72 / Hour
WorksiteLa Jolla
Appointment TypeCareer
Appointment Percent50-100%
UnionRX Contract
Total Openings2
Work ScheduleDays, 8 hrs/day, Monday-Friday
#129743 Lab Technician
Filing Deadline: Fri 6/21/2024Apply Now
UC San Diego values equity, diversity, and inclusion. If you are interested in being part of our team, possess the needed licensure and certifications, and feel that you have most of the qualifications and/or transferable skills for a job opening, we strongly encourage you to apply.UCSD Layoff from Career Appointment: Apply by 05/10/2024 for consideration with preference for rehire. All layoff applicants should contact their Employment Advisor.
Special Selection Applicants: Apply by 05/22/2024. Eligible Special Selection clients should contact their Disability Counselor for assistance.
Depending on experience of the selected candidate, this position will be hired at the SRA 1 or SRA 2 level.DescriptionThe Department of Medicine (DOM) is the largest department within the UC San Diego School of Medicine (SOM) and is responsible for fulfilling its teaching, research, and clinical missions. DOM employs approximately 500 salaried faculty, nearly 200 academic appointees, and more than 300 residents, fellows, and postdocs, supported by almost 1,000 staff members.
Under supervision of the Principal Investigator and the Lab Manager in the Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine Division, the Lab Technician will support the translational research efforts for a variety of research projects focusing primarily on mouse and human physiology. The Lab Technician will assist with maintenance and oversight of a mutant mouse animal colony and will assist with performing animal husbandry tasks including mating, weaning, tagging, and tailing. The Lab Technician will assist with performing genotyping by PCR and will maintain accurate records of husbandry and genotyping activities in the lab’s software database. The Lab Technician will assist in ensuring IACUC protocol compliance, monitoring animals, running physiologic studies, and maintenance of accurate and complete research notebooks and data files. In collaboration with the PI and the lab research faculty and staff, the Lab Technician will be responsible for coordinating and managing research studies, to include writing and updating protocols, running cellular and molecular assays, running mouse studies, data collection and entry, trouble-shooting and problem solving. The Lab Technician will support in vivo experiments using intact mice (e.g., administration of drugs by injection and oral gavage, measuring lung function and monitoring body weight); ex vivo experiments using isolated mouse lung; and isolation and/or culture of primary cells from mouse lung. The Lab Technician will also participate in handling and processing lung tissue from human donors. Other duties assigned as needed.
Minimum Qualifications
- Theoretical knowledge as required in a bachelor’s degree in biology, immunology, microbiology, molecular biology or related field or a combination of education and experience.
- Experience working with mice in a laboratory setting.
- Experience with interpretation and understanding of research protocols.
- Experience working in a laboratory research setting with knowledge of protocols, principles and standards.
- Experience in molecular and cellular biology (e.g., DNA and RNA isolation, PCR/RT-PCR, protein isolation, western blot, cell culture).
- Good interpersonal skills, including excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to with a diverse group of people to include physicians, researchers and students.
- Excellent planning and organizational skills and ability to work in a changing, multiple-demand setting in order to prioritize a large volume of work and meet deadlines efficiently and accurately.
- Demonstrated experience using database, word processing and spreadsheet applications.
- Must be willing to work with mice, human blood, bacteria and biohazardous materials.
- Must be willing to work weekends and evenings as needed.
- Employment is subject to a criminal background check.
Hourly Equivalent: $25.75 - $30.72
Factors in determining the appropriate compensation for a role include experience, skills, knowledge, abilities, education, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. The Hiring Pay Scale referenced in the job posting is the budgeted salary or hourly range that the University reasonably expects to pay for this position. The Annual Full Pay Range may be broader than what the University anticipates to pay for this position, based on internal equity, budget, and collective bargaining agreements (when applicable).
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Job Summary
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06/21/2024
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