Senior Research Technician

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Job Title:

Senior Research Technician

Department:

Medicine | IM Medical Oncology

Research Senior Technician to execute designated experiments and perform standard molecular and cell biology techniques including DNA, RNA and protein extraction, agarose and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, gel extractions.

Responsibilities Include:

• Assists with writing protocols

• Interacts with basic and clinical sciences

• Maintains organized laboratory notebook

• Analyzes data and makes recommendations to scientists

• Participates in lab meetings and journal clubs

• Assists with writing and editing scientific articles

• Maintain mouse cage inventory

• Responsible for quality control of imported targeting vector(s) embryos.

Education/Experience

• Bachelors degree in Microbiology and Immunology or related field required

• Ability to translate, adapt and apply academic or practical knowledge in the conduct of biological/health science research required

• Experience in a biological/health science research capacity required

• Experience with western and RNA analysis desired.

• Requires successful completion of a background check

• Qualified candidates may be asked to complete a pre-employment physical, including a drug screen.

Function: Research and Scholarship

Sub function: Research

Career Band: Individual Contributor – Technical

Career Level: T3

Additional Information:

The Ohio State University is a dynamic community of diverse resources, where opportunity thrives and where individuals transform themselves and the world. The Ohio State University is one of the nation’s largest and most comprehensive public universities and a top employer in Ohio.

As one of only 57 designated comprehensive cancer centers in the nation, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute is dedicated to the creation of knowledge in laboratory, clinical and population-based cancer research. We apply those discoveries to develop more effective approaches to cancer prevention, diagnosis, and therapies – providing tomorrow’s standard of care today. A Cancer-Free World Begins Here.

The OSUCCC – James is the only cancer program in the United States that features a National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated comprehensive cancer center aligned with a nationally ranked academic medical center and a freestanding cancer hospital on the campus of one of the nation’s largest public universities. is the only cancer program in the United States that features a National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated comprehensive cancer center aligned with a nationally ranked academic medical center and a freestanding cancer hospital on the campus of one of the nation’s largest public universities.

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