Lab Assistant (Limited, Part Time)

General Information

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Work Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA Onsite or Remote Fully On-Site Work Schedule 8 am - 12 pm Posted Date 10/10/2025 Salary Range: $22.02 - 25.9 Hourly Employment Type 4 - Staff: Limited Duration 5 months Job # 27059

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

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The Semel Institute is seeking to hire a limited part time Lab Assistant to support SRAs or GSRs in performance of experiments, all with supervision, including:

• Staining of tissue sections
• Assisting with animal surgeries
• Assisting with tissue culture experiments by feeding and passaging cells
• General lab tasks including preparation of tissue reagents.
• Keep proper laboratory protocols and updated lab-notebooks.

Please note that this limited position may convert to career. 
Pay Range: $22.02 - $25.90 hourly. 

Job Qualifications

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Required:

• Ability to communicate effectively on a one-to-one basis sufficiently to convey experimental results to principal investigators.
• Writing skills sufficient to compose laboratory protocols which are clear, concise, logical and display proper syntax and grammar.
• Interpersonal skill to interact and collaborate effectively with scientist co-workers, graduate students, and faculty.
• Skill in handling and disposing of contaminated material according to protocol.
• Ability to organize raw data into relevant formats.
• Reading skills sufficient to understand specific protocol relevant journal articles, and equipment.
• Ability to perform library searches
• knowledge of use of qRT-PCR machine, cryostat, microscope, gel/blot imager, plate reader

Preferred:

• University level course work in molecular and cell biology preferred
• Skills in routine molecular and cellular biology techniques preferred