Assistant, Research Job Description
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Education for Assistant, Research
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Assistant, Research Job Description
- Maintain appropriate animal research protocols and ensure compliance within protocols
- Order necessary supplies
- Handle any other necessary compliance-related issues, including Environmental Health and Safety and controlled substances
- General laboratory maintenance including ordering and stocking of supplies
- Helping supervise undergraduate and work study students
- Conduct experiments with Drosophilia and cell cultures
- Collecting, recording and compiling data and maintaining a laboratory notebook
- Travels to fulfill some tasks
- Sets up and performs routine and established lab procedures in support of lab goals, grant commitments, assays, cell/tissue culture
- Monitors results, reports unusual outcomes and suggests modifications
- A multi-tasker with a proven track record for meeting deadlines
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent, with some specialization in finance/accounting
- Superior organizational and writing skills, discretion, knowledge of Dr
- Strong organization and time management skills, ability to work well independently and in groups
- Provide research support to various experimental protocols as required and draft sections of technical reports
- Provide coordination and planning support for meetings
Assistant, Research Job Description
- Assists in prioritizing queries based on due date and importance
- Facilitates obtaining signatures on necessary documents including but not limited to AE and RECIST logs
- Faxes/scans all necessary documents to appropriate department
- Sends on/off study correspondence to appropriate persons
- Maintains their own time sheet
- Assists Manager and other staff as requested and performs other related work as needed
- Serve as a data analyst
- Clean, analyze and interpret quantitative data
- Level of Independent Decision Making
- Works independently with guidance from the project PI
- Provide support for executing research protocols and/or ombudsman support for research projects as required
- Candidates must have documented evidence of research methods experience (Bachelors thesis or course work in research methods)
- Working knowledge of SPSS and other statistical programs
- Ability to present scientific results
- BS or BA in Biology or related area
- Additional experience in a molecular or cell research laboratory
Assistant, Research Job Description
- Oversee EHS mandated biological and safety training for all existing and new lab members, keep records of training in accordance with University, state and federal requirements
- Performs general maintenance of good laboratory practice, compliance with Biosafety guidelines, maintenance of inspection records and generates SOPs and reports
- Works closely with students and Animal Resource Facility staff
- Participates in intramural and extramural group meetings and presents data
- Assist with the planning and execution of community outreach and educational events
- Experience in broodstock husbandry, algal and brine shrimp culture, larval rearing of crustaceans, and in management of water treatment systems
- Demonstrated success in performing live animal experiments and completing sampling for laboratory analysis with limited supervision
- The Research Assistant will provide central services support to the labs by providing sterile glassware, water, and supplies on an as needed basis
- The Research Assistant will also be responsible for autoclaving biohazard waste throughout all of campus and ensuring that all protocols are followed and work is performed in a safe manner
- The Research assistant will float into different positions on a regular basis
- Chemical laboratory experience
- Possesses strong communication skills, (oral, written, and business)
- Must exhibit a solid understanding of lab techniques, equipment, and safety
- Must have the ability to organize and carry out laboratory techniques independently and in a team setting
- Experience with basic data analysis and demonstrated writing skills is highly desired
- Experience with laboratory animal experimentation is required
Assistant, Research Job Description
- Performing quality control tasks within the greenhouse
- Scouting for insect and disease presences in crops
- Communicate affectively to external and internal clients about plant health
- Improve the part of SpEC that computes the eccentricity of a binary orbit
- Compare SpEC’s measure of eccentricity to weak-field post-Newtonian eccentricity computations, to determine how far apart a binary system must be for SpEC to agree with the weak-field limit
- Carry out simulations to explore how well LIGO can measure eccentricity, and conversely, how poorly the assumption of zero eccentricity impacts LIGO measurements of systems with small but nonzero eccentricity
- Collaborate with faculty supervisor on publishing paper of research findings
- Recruiting volunteers across the country by preparing blog posts, press releases
- Some field work placing and monitoring nest boxes
- Culture and maintain C
- Fluent in the English language is required
- Demonstrated understanding of applied statistics and the relationship between best practices in data collection and how those relate to downstream analysis (e.g., batch effects and confounders, principles of experimental design) is required
- Experience in performing immunoprecipitation, especially in the context of chromatin immunoprecipitation
- Experience managing or working in clinical research projects, including banking of specimens
- Experience working with lab animals
- Demonstrated aptitude in any programming language
Assistant, Research Job Description
- Assist in the development of tools and techniques for the measurement of scattered light
- Assist in setting up experiments and taking data
- Assist in the analysis and interpretation of data
- Organize and document your work, including writing up analyses and conclusions
- Assist in the development of interactive software tools for recording, analyzing and comparing data
- Develop, scale up and improve USP and DSP processes for the production of vaccines in mammalian cell culture
- Provide support to industrial operations, such as analytical testing and troubleshooting using small scale fermenter systems
- Take lead in the preparation of protocols and laboratory workload
- After analysis of results, formulates a work hypothesis, comes up with conclusions and proposes additional studies
- Identify irregularities in test runs and, in consultation with his/her management, implements corrective actions
- Identify the knowledge and skill required to fully perform the duties and responsibilities of the position
- Skilled in data management and analysis
- Proficiency of Stata software
- Proficiency of Microsoft Office
- A Master's Degree in the humanities or social sciences
- 1 year of full-time work experience, preferably in an education or research environment