New Job Laboratory Assistant In New Jersey

Job Order Number:

DE6913423

Job Title:

Laboratory Assistant

Company:

Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

Location:

New Brunswick, NJ

Salary:

Education:

Less Than High School

Experience:

None

Hours:

Duration:

Full Time, Regular

Shift:

Laboratory Assistant Below you will find the details for the position including any supplementary documentation and questions you should review before applying for the opening. To apply for the position, please click the Apply for this Job link/button. If you would like to bookmark this position for later review, click on the Bookmark link. If you would like to print a copy of this position for your records, click on the Print Preview link. Bookmark this Posting | Print Preview | Apply for this Job Position Details Position Information Recruitment/Posting Title Laboratory Assistant Job Category Staff & Executive - Research Support (Laboratory/Non-Laboratory) Department RWJ - Brain Health Institute Overview New Jersey's academic health center, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences ( RBHS ) takes an integrated approach to educating students, providing clinical care, and conducting research, all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers University-New Brunswick and collaborating university wide, RBHS includes eight schools, a behavioral health network, and five centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, advanced biotechnology and medicine, environmental and occupational health, and health care policy and aging research.Our faculty are teachers, clinicians, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health careers.Our clinical and academic facilities are located throughout the state-at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, including Piscataway; and at locations in Newark, Scotch Plains, Somerset, Stratford, and other locations. Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, Newark's University Hospital in Newark, and other affiliates.Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives. Posting Summary Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is seeking a Laboratory Assistant for the Brain Health Institute ( BHI ) Department within Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.This is a full-time Laboratory Assistant position for 40 hours per week. The successful applicant will interface with the principal investigator and lab personnel to provide general research support and to help with building experimental setups, running experiments, ordering necessary lab supplies, managing mouse colonies, genotyping, and general lab management. This position may require some weekend work.Among the key duties of this position are the following:+ Manage several mouse colonies, breeding, weaning, tail and toe clipping, genotyping, and euthanasia.+ Collect inner ear and brain tissue and post-experiment processing of the tissue.+ Section the tissue and perform immunohistochemistry on the sections.+ Perform PCR for genotyping, and occasionally perform qRTPCR, or Western blots or other molecular biology techniques on the experimental samples.+ Maintains accurate records of experimentation and research and tissue.+ Assists with computer data entry and analysis.+ Assist with ordering necessary lab supplies.+ Maintain folders of approved IACUC protocols, antibodies and other lab products, reagents and equipment. Position Status Full Time Hours Per Week Daily Work Shift Day Work Arrangement FLSA Nonexempt Grade 1325 Position Salary Annual Minimum Salary 17.340 Annual Mid Range Salary 17.840 Annual Maximum Salary 18.380 Standard Hours 40.00 Union Description Teamsters, Local 97 Payroll Designation PeopleSoft Benefits Rutgers offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees. For details, please go to http://uhr.rutgers.edu/benefits/benefits-overview.Rutgers also offers a benefit program to eligible full-time postdoctoral fellow s