RESEARCH ASSISTANT I in Tampa, Florida at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center

Position Highlights:

• General lab management and coordinating day-to-day lab operations
• Ordering essential lab material and reagents
• Oversees animal colonies, breeding of multiple mouse lines
• Provides key technical assistance in multiple projects and to other staff and postdocs as needed

Ideal Candidate:

• Experience with handling lab animals (mice), animal husbandry, maintaining colonies, and procurement of tissues
• Familiarity with in vivo drug administrations
• Experience in DNA/RNA extractions, gel electrophoresis, RT-PCR
• Familiarity with flow cytometry and Immune cell phenotyping
• Familiarity working with animals in a research lab
• Familiarity with in vitro cell culture of primary and/or tumor cell lines

Responsibilities:

• Maintaining animal colonies
• Genotyping
• Gel electrophoresis
• Intraperitoneal, intravenous, Sub-cutaneous, and oral drug administrations in mice
• Tumor measurements
• Tumor cell line maintenance
• Mouse (and human) tissue culture
• Mouse and human sample processing, staining, and acquisition by FACS

Credentials and Qualifications:

• High School Diploma/GED,
• Must be pursuing an undergraduate degree in a relevant field
• Hands-on research experience preferred.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills required