Specialist, Research Job Description
Specialist, research
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Specialist, Research Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Develops data analysis plans to complete research projects
Working under general direction, develops survey or data extraction instruments in survey software such as QUALTRICS for use in the field
Maintains direct contact with personnel of various outside organizations and university departments associated with scheduled function/program
Review and track regulatory documentation
DNA preparation, Primer design, Cloning, PCR, RT-PCR
Human tissue cell culture-mycoplasma monitoring, maintining cell line collection, freezing, thawing, cataloging cell lines
Transfection and siRNA and shRNA knockdowns
Cell viability assays
Biochemical assays of enzymes that function in DNA repair or replication
Data analysis, statistical analysis
Specialist, Research Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Specialist, Research
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: BLS, CPR, CCRA, CDE, AALAS, HIPAA, GCP, USP, ACRP, AED
Education for Specialist, Research
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the specialist, research job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Education, Molecular Biology, Biology, Biochemistry, Science, Chemistry, Genetics, Microbiology, Graduate, Neuroscience
Skills for Specialist, Research
Desired skills for specialist, research include:
MS Office tools
MS-Excel
MS-Word and MS-PowerPoint
Power BI
DonorScape
Dun & Bradstreet
Lexis-Nexis
Proficiency with all MS Office products
ResearchPoint
Customer service and appropriate methods of communication
Desired experience for specialist, research includes:
Use of NCBI, PubMed, BLAST, Genbank
Lab management and ordering
Familiarity with spectrophotometer, scinitillation counter, phosphorimager (Image J, Imagequant), FPLC, plate readers
Fluency in Word, Excel, GraphPad Prism, Powerpoint
PhD or PhD level experience in academia or in the biotechnology industry
A subset of the skills listed above
Specialist, Research Examples
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Specialist, Research Job Description
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Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of specialist, research. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for specialist, research
- Obtain consent from research subjects
- Schedule and coordinate subject visits
- Engage clinical and community partners in research
- Assists in data collection, data entry, and double entry verification
- Assist Program Manager with administrative functions related to study, including but not limited to
- Maintain adequate supplies and contact to resupply stock when necessary
- Organize and maintain all records required for the research project
- Complete required trainings for the conduct of research and protection of human subjects in research
- Attend staff meetings when required
- Contribute to publications
Qualifications for specialist, research
- Regulatory and general filing
- Assists in performing necropsies and surgical procedures on research animals
- 4 year degree + 1 year of directly related experience
- Bachelor's degree in a scientific field OR equivalent combination of experience, education, and training
- Evidence of a Master’s degree in Social Work (MSW)
- Proactively help to resolve data integrity issues, methodological glitches, any additional issues that arise under the direction of the manager
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Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a specialist, research. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for specialist, research
- Administrative and research duties and training will be conducted as per USAARL guidelines and procedures
- May be required, on written authority of the Laboratory Commander, to fly on military aircraft or ride in military vehicles in the official conduct of duties of the position
- Assist in data collection, data entry and double entry verification
- Maintain adequate supplies and resupply stock when necessary
- Assist with data collection, data entry, and double entry verification
- Train students in behavioral assays
- Design, implement and manage all phases of field data collection procedures using a variety of data collection methods (e.g., interviews, surveys, focus groups)
- Design and implement data management procedures, including data inventory, cleaning, validation, entry, and basic analytics
- Assists with the development of Institutional Review Board (IRB) protocols and continuing review reports
- Perform project management functions by developing and monitoring timelines to assure timely completion of project deliverables
Qualifications for specialist, research
- Knowledge of the capabilities and limitations of various software packages, Microsoft products (Office, Access, Outlook, Explorer) and Acrobat
- Must be able to perform duties and responsibilities independently based on broad guidance, taskers, objectives, and/or SOPs provided by the Government through the Injury Research Facilitator, Injury Biomechanics Chief, and PIs use individual initiative to support research staff
- Experience in research or any appropriate combination of research and community related work
- Experience in research protocols for multinational companies
- Experience in crop protection for the identification of plagues, among others that may present in different research scenarios in fields
- On rare occasions
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Our company is growing rapidly and is looking for a specialist, research. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for specialist, research
- May supervise, monitor of coordinate work of subordinates
- Coordinates and/or conducts library and computer searches for research or archaeological data, some of which may include specialized archival research
- Operates and maintains laboratory and experimental equipment such as microtomes, microscopes, electron microscopes, spectrophotometers, centrifuges, analytical balances, photometers, spectrometers and vacuum and optical coating systems
- Performs complex necropsies and surgical procedures on research animals
- Biochemistry – Western blot, immunoprecipitations, ELISA
- Assist in fabrication of sample delivery devices in the biophysics laboratories of the BioXFEL program
- Assist in writing reports on aspects for large archaeological projects
- Coordinate and/or conduct library and computer searches for research or archaeological data, some of which may include specialized archival research
- Synthesis of carbon-11 and fluorine-18 labeled compounds
- Automated radiosynthesis using commercial radiochemistry apparatus
Qualifications for specialist, research
- Bachelor’s degree from top institution
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience, preferably in strategy consulting environment
- Basic quantitative skills to draw insights, , financial analysis, market data analysis
- Experience in biochemistry and molecular biology
- Evidence of a Master's degree in engineering or related field
- Must be willing to travel to the LCLS to help with beam time experiments
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Our growing company is looking to fill the role of specialist, research. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for specialist, research
- Oversight of equipment maintenance in the lab and on the field-site, identification and implementation of operational/procedural improvements, and oversight of maintenance staff and students assigned to laboratory, greenhouse, field site outdoor cultivation and downstream processing operations
- Work collaboratively with internal faculty and research staff and visiting scientists and our testbed clients
- Conducts experiments, using various tests, routines and analyses where procedures are clearly defined and results readily determined
- Conducts library searches to find research information on related procedures and techniques that can be used in the laboratory and/or field
- Operates laboratory and experimental equipment such as microscopes, drying ovens, spectrophotometers, centrifuges, analytical balances, water quality monitoring sensors, gel electrophoresis, electric and gas powered transfer pumps, power washers
- Performs minor repairs on equipment and makes arrangements for major repairs to be performed
- Work closely with study faculty investigators to ensure the highest quality research
- Hire and supervise student and hourly employees
- Write and edit research manuals and reports
- Recruit and schedule research participants
Qualifications for specialist, research
- Demonstrated knowledge of the effects of environmental factors (temperature, pH, O2, CO2, nutrients, irradiance, ) on algal physiology and productivity
- English language at an intermediate level
- Assess research participants
- Manage data files
- Candidates should be flexible to work in night shifts (Timings might vary according to Business requirement
- Manage laboratory and field work, including protocol development and implementation
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Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of specialist, research. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for specialist, research
- Conduct various complex tests, experiments and/or procedures following protocols of assigned research projects
- Apply and interpret theoretical knowledge necessary to conduct research in scientific disciplines
- Identify potential problems, recommend and implement solutions, and collaborate in the development of new techniques
- Monitor and collect data as required by research protocols
- Maintain appropriate documentation of research results, as required by research protocols
- Search literature demonstrating an understanding of scientific, experimental and/or research theory to assist in the design of methods, procedures, and techniques
- May configure, operate and/or maintain specialized equipment
- May use software applications to assemble, manipulate, format and/or perform statistical analysis of data
- May train others in laboratory techniques and the use of laboratory equipment
- May assist in writing grants, progress reports, and manuscripts
Qualifications for specialist, research
- Evidence of a Bachelors degree and 2 years of experience working on addiction related research projects including alcohol self-administration work
- Experience in mediational analysis in Mplus who can assist with manuscript and conference presentations
- Previous human subjects' research experience
- Excellent written and verbal communications strong interpersonal skills and organizational skills
- Experience working with children with autism or other developmental disabilities and their parents
- Experience administering and scoring the Mullen Scales of Early Learning and Vineland Adaptive