Shared Laboratory Resource Specialist I - Gnotobiotics - Hajjar Lab

                    

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Job Title

Shared Laboratory Resource Specialist I - Gnotobiotics - Hajjar Lab

                        

Location

Cleveland

                    

Facility

Cleveland Clinic Main Campus

                     

Department

LRI AFC / Res-Research Innov and Educ

                      

Job Code

D99680

                     

Shift

Days

                       

Schedule

7:30am-4:00pm

                       

Job Summary

                         

Job Details

The Cleveland Clinic’s Research and Innovation and Education Institute is a core component of the institution’s mission, focused on advancing medical knowledge and patient care through research, education, and translating scientific discoveries into practical applications. This institute includes various centers and programs such as the Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Innovations, and the Education Institute, all working together to improve healthcare outcomes. Here, you will work alongside passionate and dedicated caregivers, receive endless support and appreciation and build a rewarding career. 

At the Gnotobiotics Facility of the Biological Resources Unit (BRU), research focuses on understanding the role of the diverse community of commensal microbes that inhabit the human body. The facility maintains and breeds germ-free (sterile) animals that are colonized with defined microbes to support studies of microbiota and host interactions. As a Shared Laboratory Resource Specialist, you will provide essential research and operational support for projects utilizing germ-free and gnotobiotic mice, including those colonized with defined microbiota and BSL-2 agents. In this role, you will perform a variety of laboratory activities of moderate scientific complexity, support pre-analytical processes for clinical trials, follow standard operating procedures (SOPs), maintain laboratory equipment, assist with research operations and complete assigned special projects to advance the facility’s research mission.

To learn more about the Hajjar lab, please visit: link

A caregiver in this position works days from 7:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Work with more senior mentors with any questions, training, or other learning requirements to successfully complete assigned work. 

• Work independently or with a more senior mentor, conduct and evaluate experiments, essays, or other laboratory activities of low to moderate complexities. 

• Calculate, compile and communicate data to the Core leadership or internal customer. 

• Perform quality assurance on all assigned activities per procedures or SOPs. 

• Perform intake functions for the laboratory such as logging of samples and service requests, and the dissemination of basic information to users (i.e., minimum requirements for services, costs, etc.).  

• Record work accurately and completely. 

• Maintain established laboratory inventories, ordering materials as necessary 

• Prepare and operate equipment for experiments, assays, measurements, etc.  

• Assist in performing minor equipment repairs, according to manufacturer and Core guidelines. 

• Clean and perform general maintenance on equipment, according to established protocols. 

• Support the execution and facilitation of specialized services. 

• Provide custodial care, fresh feed and fresh water to gnotobiotic mice according to standard operating procedures, including preparation and autoclaving of supplies.

• Maintain animal colonies, including animal procurement, colony/line maintenance and cage inventory.

• Perform established mouse microbial transplantation assays and tissue harvests.

• Perform quality control procedures to monitor sterility.

• Organize and maintain detailed notes on all procedures and autoclave readouts.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Associate’s degree in a relevant scientific field  

• OR two years of relevant experience