What are the responsibilities and job description for the Research Technician (Neurobiology - Galveston) position at Galveston) - UTMB Health Careers?
Minimum Qualifications:
Associate's degree in basic science or equivalent; 1 year related experience.
Job Description:
To provide technical skills in performing laboratory experiments and procedures.
Job Duties:
- Under direct supervision, performs routine, detailed technical laboratory tasks as prescribed by the assigned experiment.
- Prepares a variety of chemicals, solutions, and reagents based on defined laboratory procedures.
- Assists in performing routine chemical and/or biological analyses.
- Assembles and operates laboratory apparatus and equipment as defined by appropriate guidelines.
- Conducts routine experiments under direct supervision.
- Assists with the preparation of laboratory reports using scientific data from experiments.
- Cleans equipment and work areas.
- Adheres to internal controls established for department.
- Performs related duties as required.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Data collection.
- Standard laboratory equipment.
- Molecular dynamic simulations – Gromacs, CHARMM GUI, Schrödinger, Alphafold, ChimeraX.
- Cell culture and related molecular assays and imaging analysis.
- Computation, machine learning, and AI related coding.
- Robotic assay design and implementation and specialized assays (ITC, SPR, etc.).
Salary Range:
Commensurate with experience.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY:
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