Find the cures you know are out there. At UCLA Health, you make it happen as part of a groundbreaking Research team, working to understand hundreds of medical disorders and improving processes for dozens of procedures across the globe.
Work as a full-time Staff Research Associate in a cutting-edge thoracic oncology research laboratory under the mentorship of the Principal Investigator, Dr. Bryan Burt, that focuses on novel, high-impact solutions for the clinical issues of patients with thoracic cancers. Projects in the lab include:
1) determining actionable immunoproteogenomic determinants of the response and resistance to immunotherapy in thoracic cancers,
2) investigating a novel mass spectroscopy-based platform to improve the intraoperative diagnosis and surgical margin assessment in lung cancer and other thoracic malignancies, and
3) the design of innovative biomedical and surgical devices to accelerate project 1 and 2 and to improve surgical care.
More specifically, you will work with various investigators to identify and consent research subjects and obtain tissue and other specimens on various studies. In this role, you will responsible for the processing of these human specimens according to established and approved protocols for downstream analysis by various techniques (eg. genomics, proteomics, MS, spatial and single cell transcriptomics) towards understanding the molecular, cellular, and genetic events involved in the formation and progression of thoracic cancers.
Hourly Salary Range: $28.69 – $34.21. Please note the department’s target hourly pay is $28.69.
This is a full-time, limited, 1-year appointment that may convert to career.
Required:
- Skill in routine molecular and cellular biology techniques with and without laboratory equipment.
- Ability to communicate effectively on a one-to-one basis sufficiently to convey experimental results to principal investigators.
- Ability to take direction as well as to work independently.
- Ability to follow direction and follow the appropriate steps according to protocols.
- Writing skills and ability sufficient to fully and accurately document all lab work in a notebook according to lab standards.
- Ability to analyze research data and prepare clear, concise and accurate technical reports.
- Interpersonal skill to interact and collaborate effectively with scientist co-workers, graduate students and faculty.
- Ability to work with clinical specimens according to standard protocols, including handling and disposing of contaminated material according to safety protocols.
- Ability to organize raw data into relevant formats.
- Ability to create and maintain accurate inventories of various items.
- Reading and computer skills sufficient to understand specific protocols and relevant journal articles, and to perform data entry
- Experience working with regulatory approvals and documentation
- Experience and ability with cell and tissue culture methods
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