Staff Research Associate I - Hematology/Oncology

The Staff Research Associate I (SRA I) position will entail
an extensive amount of tissue culture work, including maintenance of human
cancer cell lines as well as cell proliferation assays. The SRA I will assist
in preparation, management and daily use of critical laboratory resources
including frozen tumor tissue and cell line stocks. Additional duties include
the cataloging and management of data received from experiments using
relational computer database. They will also perform isolation of biological
materials (DNA, RNA, and protein) and generation of western and northern blots.

Salary Range: $26.52 - $31.63 Hourly

Required:

• Experience in Biology,
  Microbiology or related area.
• 
  Ability to Maintain proper
  usage of laboratory equipment
• 
  Experience in culture tissue
  procedures
• 
  Ability to perform gel
  electrophoresis
• 
  Skills in using computer and
  Excel software
• 
  Ability to organize raw data
  into relevant formats.
• 
  Ability to communicate well,
  work in a team environment organized and must be able to keep detailed
  notebook.

Preferred:

• Experience working with mouse
  xenograft models of cancer
• 
  Experience monitoring of drug
  efficacy and toxicity of novel anti-cancer compounds.
• 
  Experience in tissue culture,
  cell maintenance type work as well as cell proliferations assays.
• 
  Experience with both two and
  three dimensional drug response assays
• 
  Skills in isolation of
  biological materials, (DNA, RNA and Protein) from precious human tissues and
  cell lines as well as the cataloging and management of resources using
  relational computer database