University of Utah Health Research · 1 day ago
Research Technicians
Salt Lake City, UT
Part-time
Onsite
New Grad, Entry, Mid Level
$15/hr - $21.81/hr
0+ years expUniversity of Utah Health Research is focused on improving the lives of children through excellence in advocacy, education, research, and clinical care. The Research Technicians will assist the scientific research team with various tasks including executing tests and experiments, maintaining lab equipment, and gathering research data.
Higher Education
Responsibilities
Perform various support tasks in assisting scientific research team with the execution of tests and experiments
Set up, operate, clean, and maintain lab instruments and equipment
Depending on area of research, may prepare media, samples, solutions, specimens, and/or reagents
Perform testing and monitoring
Gather and record research data
Keep detailed logs of experiments
Maintain and stock supplies
Follows prescribed procedures for maintaining laboratory equipment such as surgical instruments, molecular biology equipment, cognitive and behavior testing facilities, among others
Prepares reagents, compounds, solutions and other media for research experimentation such as those needed for the above molecular procedures, tissue processing including sectioning, staining, imaging, and animal surgery and husbandry
Assist with inventory, ordering and stocking laboratory supplies and equipment including frozen samples
Maintains records of research data and may prepare charts or illustrations
Conducts literature reviews to obtain abstracts and information to be utilized in research
May oversee and coordinate the operations of students and/or volunteers during experiments in a laboratory setting
Performs euthanasia on rats or piglets as per IACUC and laboratory standards to obtain brain tissue; dissects and prepares brain tissue, blood, cerebrospinal fluid and other biological fluids/tissues as indicated by the research protocol
May obtain blood and/or cerebrospinal fluid from anesthetized rats or piglets
Performs routine animal husbandry (cares for rat dams and pups, observes their conditions and reports unusual developments to the principal investigator or other senior lab personnel)
May administer intra-peritoneal or enteral drugs as instructed
Assists in survival surgeries and may perform survival surgeries with moderate supervision
May assist PI and senior lab personnel in piglet and/or minipig surgeries, monitoring, procedures with moderate supervision
May collect and analyze data gathered using multimodal monitoring and advanced software in piglets and mini pigs
May assist in preparing piglets or mini pigs for surgery (pre-operative fasting, daily weights) and post operative care (antibiotics, analgesics) with moderate supervision
Carries out functional testing on rats (tests of cognition and/or behavior such as Morris Water Maze, Novel Object Recognition, Dry Land Maze, etc) in rats and Spatial T maze, Novel Object Recognition, and others in piglets, assists with imaging anesthetized rats (Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Computerized Tomography or others)
Can assist in administering and supervising the use of inhaled anesthetics for experimental purposes
Carries out basic bench procedures including molecular biology procedures such as real time RT PCR , ELISA , western blotting, flow cytometry, etc. according to established procedures
Prepares brain, blood and body fluid specimens according to established laboratory practices including those intended for shipment to outside or intramural facilities. Examples include samples for immunohistochemistry, real time RT PCR , western blotting, ELISA , flow cytometry
Qualification
Required
1 year of higher education can be substituted for 1 year of directly related work experience (Example: bachelor's degree = 4 years of directly related work experience)
Research Technician, I: Requires little to no related experience
Research Technician, II: Requires at least 1 year of related experience
Preferred
knowledge of many complex laboratory techniques, equipment, terminology, materials and substances
Skilled in the use of laboratory equipment
ability to use sophisticated software for image optimization and analyses including brain imaging and histology
prepare reports required
demonstrated human relations and effective communication skills
OSHA training and certification in animal care and use or the willingness to complete the certification
Benefits
The University is a participating employer with Utah Retirement Systems ("URS").
Company
University of Utah Health Research
At University of Utah Health, our world-class researchers work together to tackle some of the toughest problems in health and medicine.
5001-10000 employees
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