Job Duties:
This position has the responsibility of conducting major research projects and the coordination of analyses, evaluation and reporting on the progress on projects. Help coordinate large research projects or several smaller projects and prepare work and equipment use schedules. The position will assign and review work and monitor data collection and documentation, such as laboratory notebooks and computer data.
50% effort: This position will supervise and train full-time laboratory staff. In addition, the position will conduct laboratory experiments and perform management responsibilities in a dynamic research laboratory. Recent representative publications include: Das S. et al. Generation of human endothelium in pig embryos deficient in ETV2. Nature Biotechnology.2020 38(3):297-302 and Maeng G. et al., Humanized skeletal muscle in MYF5/MYOD/MYF6 null pig embryos. Nature Biomed Engineering. 2021 5(8):805-814.
The position will be responsible for the oversight, operation and maintenance of equipment, developing and implementing protocols, data management and analysis, and the preparation of data for manuscripts and grants. In addition, the position will be responsible for ensuring lab organization, safety, evaluating and purchasing equipment and supplies, recognizing and resolving problems. Controls and evaluates expenditure of research funds under the general direction of principal investigators. Assure compliance with Drug Enforcement Agency, MBP, IACUC, approved research protocols, etc.
50% effort: Duties include conducting molecular and cellular biological experiments including cell culture, protein extraction, cell proliferation assay, RNA/DNA extraction and purification, cloning, PCR, qRT- PCR, SDS-PAGE, immunohistochemistry and ELISA assays. Must maintain a detailed notebook, type results, reports, and/or enter preliminary results including making case specific comments pertaining to quality of specimens and/or interpretation of results.