• Job Type: Support Staff - Union
• Bargaining Unit: SSA
• Regular/Temporary: Regular
• End Date if Temporary:
• Hours Per Week: 35
• Standard Work Schedule:
• Building:
• Salary Range: $53,394.17- $53,394.17

Position Summary

The Department of Pathology and Cell Biology is looking for an energetic, meticulous and dedicated individual to work in a fast-paced neuroscience laboratory on a project developing a potential non-invasive therapy for neurovascular disease. Responsibilities will include immunohistochemical experiments and analyses of neuronal tissue, cell culture work. Analyses utilize software analysis of digital data. The technician B will provide support to a neuroscience laboratory developing a therapeutic for neurovascular disease

Additional responsibilities include maintaining lab equipment, assisting in ordering reagents, and managing lab facilities.  

Responsibilities

• Works on research project(s) with assigned postdoctoral research scientist/fellow/graduate student(s)- 60%
  • Performing cell culture
  • Immunohistochemistry and confocal imaging 
  • Data analyses
• Performs experiments of common interest to laboratory-20%
  • Reagent optimization
  • Protocol testing
• Contributes to overall organization of lab tasks and responsibilities -15%
• Performs other related duties necessary to the functioning of the laboratory- 5%

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor's degree in chemistry, biology, physics or related science or equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Background in neuroscience, immunohistochemistry, confocal imaging, cell culture and data analysis.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran

Columbia University is committed to the hiring of qualified local residents.

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