The Department of Surgery is seeking a Limited Full Time Staff Reseach Assistant I who will work in a cutting-edge regenerative medicine research laboratory under the mentorship of the PI. In this role you will culture human stem cells and organoids, perform tissue sectioning, and perform qRT-PCR and immunohistochemistry (IHC) to characterize impacts of AAV-mediated gene therapy in specific tissues, organs and modified stem cell lines in support of the PI's grant projects. If you have a passion forstem cell biology, gene therapy and regenerative medicine, this is the role for you.

*Please note that this limited role may convert to career.

Pay Range: $25.75 - $30.71 hourly

• Bachelor of Science degree or equivalent experience in chemistry, microbiology, biochemistry and molecular biology
• Skill in routine molecular and cellular biology techniques.
• Ability to communicate effectively on a one-to-one basis sufficiently to convey experimental results to principal investigators.
• Writing skills sufficient to compose laboratory protocols which are clear, concise, logical and display proper syntax and grammar.
• Interpersonal skill to interact and collaborate effectively with scientist co-workers, graduate students and faculty.
• Skill in handling and disposing of contaminated material according to protocol.
• Ability to organize raw data into relevant formats.
• Reading skills sufficient to understand specific protocol relevant journal articles, and equipment.
• Ability to perform library searches.
• Interest in stem cell biology, gene therapy and regenerative medicine
• Experience working software packages for data analysis