Research Associate / Research Series Open Rank (up to Sr. Research Associate)

University of Colorado Anschutz

Department: SOM-MED-Bone Marrow Transplant – Meyer Lab

Job Title: Research Associate / Research Series Open Rank (up to Sr. Research Associate)

Position #00849978 – Requisition #40347

Job Summary:

The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus is a world-class medical destination at the forefront of transformative science, medicine, education and patient care. The campus encompasses the University of Colorado health professional schools, more than 60 centers and institutes, and two nationally ranked independent hospitals - UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital and Children's Hospital Colorado - that treat more than two million adult and pediatric patients each year. Innovative, interconnected and highly collaborative, the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus delivers life-changing treatments, patient care and professional training and conducts world-renowned research fueled by over $757 million in research grants. For more information, visit www.cuanschutz.edu. 

The Division of Hematology at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus has an opening for a full-time Research Associate in the Meyer Laboratory. This position is expected to work independently under the guidance of the principal investigator. Projects will involve work with animal model and human patient sample experiments to investigate blood cancer biology and candidate regimens, extensive development and use of cutting-edge flow cytometry, molecular biology, experimental therapeutics studies on novel agents, and cell biology assays on rare bone marrow-derived hematopoietic populations. Specific duties include:

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for conducting a pre-clinical evaluation of cell therapy approaches in murine models of type 1 diabetes and transplantation as well as performing immune monitoring of patients with type 1 diabetes or undergoing islet or hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

• Responsible for independently plan, execute and analyze experiments under supervision and will be responsible for communicating results through abstract presentations and publications.

• There is a required ability to handle, breed and contribute to protocols that allow for the evaluation of mouse models.

• Execute and process flow cytometry, ELISA, histology, RNA-Seq, TCR-Seq and other immune assays.

• Process and perform experiments with human peripheral blood and contribute to biobanking of these samples.

• Contribute to the training of graduate, medical and post-doctoral candidates.

• Contributing to collaborations with the Barbara Davis Center and Gates Center pertaining to the clinical translation of advanced cell therapy approaches to the clinic.

• Other duties as assigned

Work Location:

Onsite – this role is expected to work onsite full time, in various sites on th