Research Associate II -Computational Biomedicine, Meyer Lab | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Job at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, California

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  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
  • California

Job Description

Job Description

When the work you do every single day has a crucial impact on the lives of others, every effort, every detail, and every second matters. This shared culture of happiness, passion, and dedication pulses through Cedars-Sinai, and it???s just one of the many reasons we rank as one of the top hospitals in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. From working with a team of committed healthcare professionals to using state-of-the-art facilities, you???ll have everything necessary do something incredible???for yourself and for others.

Are you a hardworking and dedicated research professional?

When you join Cedars-Sinai, you become part of a team that is at the forefront of medical advancements. Working alongside physician-scientists and researchers, you will be a part of life-saving medical and scientific breakthroughs.

We are currently seeking a highly motivated and skillful Research Associate II to join the Meyer???s lab. For more information on this lab, please visit?? Meyer Research Lab | Cedars-Sinai ??

Specifically, the Meyer lab is seeking a Research Associate to help with wet lab research projects using iPSC derived models of human neurons. Most daily tasks will involve cell culture and experimental characterization of cells. Daily activities will involve iPSC cleaning, maintenance, expansion, transfection, and differentiation. They may perform basic molecular biology experiments like cloning and plasmid purification. Experiments will also involve proteomic sample preparation. Various additional assays will be required to characterize iPSC lines and differentiated lines, such as ELISA to quantify markers and immunohistochemistry (IHC) for imaging of neuronal markers.??

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Additional Job Duties:

  • Performs a variety of increasingly complex experimental protocols and procedures and assist in the design of new complex or unusual protocols and techniques.
  • Keeps accurate and detailed records of experiments and results, and assist in identifying and troubleshooting of unexpected results.
  • Orders laboratory supplies and supports laboratory operations.
  • Maintains lab equipment and related records and may coordinate use of lab equipment.??
  • Assists in the operation of specialized equipment, as required by the area of research.??
  • Assists in preparation of data for publication and/or presentation at scholarly meetings.??
  • Observes and complies with safety standards and procedures.
  • Orients research laboratory assistants or lower level research associates and undergraduate student researchers on day-to-day lab operations and routine procedures.


Qualifications

Educational Requirements:

  • Minimum of a Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts degree in biological science required

Experience and Skillset:

  • At least two (2) years of experience in area of research specialization, outside of undergraduate research experience
  • Experience in research of cancer immunology and immunotherapy, or tumors preferred.
  • Understanding of general research objectives
  • Highly motivated, independently with superior interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills
  • Computer skills to include, but not limited to, Excel, Word, Access and PowerPoint
  • Knowledge of administrative policies and procedures and budgetary requirements and policies

??Preference will be given to candidates who have demonstrated research experience with iPSC lines and sterile technique. This person should also take initiative to ensure the maintenance of reagents and stocking of supplies. This person will also place and track lab supply orders. May help file and monitor documents. They are expected to take an interest in how the assays and processes work and use any free time to understand the underlying biochemical processes to ensure efficient troubleshooting.



Req ID : 6099

Working Title : Research Associate II -Computational Biomedicine, Meyer Lab

Department : Computational Biomedicine

Business Entity : Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Job Category : Academic / Research

Job Specialty : Research Studies/ Clin Trial

Overtime Status : NONEXEMPT

Primary Shift : Day

Shift Duration : 8 hour

Base Pay : $21.26 - $36.14

About Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Providing healthcare for more than 100 years, Cedars-Sinai has evolved into one of the most dynamic and highly renowned medical centers in the world. Along with caring for patients, Cedars-Sinai is a hub for biomedical research and a training center for future physicians and other healthcare professionals. This attracts exceptional talent to Cedars-Sinai, including world-renowned physician-scientists who seek a place where they can both conduct research and see patients--the ideal formula for discovery and its translation into cures. Our patients benefit from access to doctors at the top of their fields, and our researchers have an ideal community in which to study the impact of healthcare challenges, and reflect that knowledge in their research. The greater Los Angeles area in which Cedars-Sinai resides possesses unparalleled cultural and ethnic diversity which offers outstanding opportunities for translational and clinical research and a dynamic environment for medical education.Although community based, Cedars-Sinai is a major teaching hospital affiliated with the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Cedars-Sinai has highly competi ... tive graduate medical education programs in more than 50 specialty and subspecialty areas, a graduate program in biomedical sciences and translational medicine, a clinical scholars program directed towards junior physicians with aspirations to become clinical scientists, and post graduate training opportunities.There are more than 250 full-time faculty members at Cedars-Sinai. The voluntary medical staff, comprised of more than 2,200 specialty board-certified or board-qualified physicians, represent all of the specialties and subspecialties and collaborate with full-time medical staff in the teaching responsibilities of the graduate medical education programs.

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