What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lab Ast. 1 position at University of California, Irvine?
Founded in 1965, UC Irvine is a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities and is ranked among the nation’s top 10 public universities by U.S. News & World Report. The campus has produced five Nobel laureates and is known for its academic achievement, premier research, innovation and anteater mascot. Led by Chancellor Howard Gillman, UC Irvine has more than 36,000 students and offers 224 degree programs. It’s located in one of the world’s safest and most economically vibrant communities and is Orange County’s second-largest employer, contributing $7 billion annually to the local economy and $8 billion statewide.
To learn more about UC Irvine, visit www.uci.edu.
The Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine at UC Irvine Health School of Medicine is dedicated to understanding human diseases through biomedical and clinical research. Using the latest technologies, our clinicians and scientists help advance medicine by finding better ways of diagnosing, managing and
treating diseases.
Two part-time positions for recent graduates to assist on research projects at a UCI lab (La Spada lab, located in ISEB). This is not a work-study position. It is a limited position with 1000 working hours maximum limitation in a rolling year. The candidate must be able to work with flexibility depending on the animal conditions and occasional weekend work. The overall goal of the projects is to investigate a novel mouse model of a specific cellular mechanism in vascularization and lung development and to examine a specific cellular mechanism in two novel mouse models and evaluate its potential in developing therapies for neurodegenerative diseases. Duties include rodent handling and breeding, dissections of prenatal/early postnatal murine and mouse retina, tissue cryosectioning, primary culture, molecular biology (protein and/or RNA analysis), immunohistochemistry, microscopy, and data analysis/presentation.
Your Role on the Team
- Mouse handling Required
- Mouse breeding Preferred
- Mouse dissection (brain, lung, kidney, retina) Required
- Cryosectioning Required
- Immunohistochemistry Required
- RNA preparation Required
- RNA preparation Required
- Microscope image Preferred
- Image analysis Preferred
What It Takes to be Successful
Total Compensation
In addition to the salary range listed below, we offer a wealth of benefits to make working at UCI even more rewarding. These benefits may include medical insurance, sick and vacation time, retirement savings plans, and access to a number of discounts and perks. Please utilize the links listed here to learn more about our compensation practices and benefits.
Preferred:
- 1-3 years
Conditions of Employment:
The University of California, Irvine (UCI) seeks to provide a safe and healthy environment for the entire UCI community. As part of this commitment, all applicants who accept an offer of employment must comply with the following conditions of employment:
- Background Check and Live Scan
- Legal Right to work in the United States
- Vaccination Policies
- Smoking and Tobacco Policy
- Drug Free Environment
The following additional conditions may apply, some of which are dependent upon business unit or job specific requirements.
- California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act
- E-Verify
- Pre-Placement Health Evaluation
Details of each policy may be reviewed by visiting the following page - https://hr.uci.edu/new-hire/conditions-of-employment.php
Closing Statement:
The University of California, Irvine 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, disability, age or protected veteran status.
For the University of California’s Affirmative Action Policy please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4010393/PPSM-20.
For the University of California’s Anti-Discrimination Policy, please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/1001004/Anti-Discrimination.
We are committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce along with honoring unique experiences, perspectives, and identities. Together, our community strives to create and maintain working and learning environments that are inclusive, equitable, and welcoming.
UCI provides reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities upon request. For more information, please contact Human Resources at (949) 824-0500 or eec@uci.edu.
Consideration for Work Authorization Sponsorship
Must be able to provide proof of work authorization
