Entry Laboratory Sciences Professional

University of Colorado | CU Anschutz Medical Campus

Department of Pediatrics, Section of Developmental Biology

School of Medicine

Job Title: Entry Laboratory Sciences Professional

Position #: 00813743 – Requisition #:37283

Job Summary:

We seek a highly motivated, enthusiastic, curious, organized, detail-oriented, and considerate person to become a full-time Entry Laboratory Sciences Professional in the Santoro Lab, which is part of the Section of Developmental Biology within the Department of Pediatrics. We use mice to investigate how the mammalian olfactory system develops and how it changes based on an individual’s experience, with a long-term goal of better understanding human olfactory function and dysfunction. Current projects in the lab focus on how the lifelong birth and survival of olfactory sensory neurons are regulated, and the roles of these processes in experience-dependent adaptation. It is anticipated that the successful candidate will spend approximately 2/3 of their time working as part of a team to experimentally investigate these questions and present and publish their findings, and 1/3 managing the lab’s mouse colony and other aspects of the lab. Experimental approaches to be learned and performed may include mouse genotyping, bulk and single-cell RNA sequencing, lineage tracing, RNA fluorescent in situ hybridization, immunohistochemistry, quantitative PCR, and quantitative microscopy. New experimental approaches may also be developed as part of this position.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work together with others in the lab and independently to design and perform experiments for projects in the lab.
• Acquire and analyze experimental data.
• Document and contribute to the presentation and publication of experimental findings.
• Work with the mouse Breeder Core and other lab personnel to manage and maintain the lab’s mouse colony.
• Work with other lab personnel to order reagents, organize, initiate equipment repairs, etc., and regulations; receive guidance and direction, or escalate when required.

Work Location:

Why Join Us:

Onsite – this role is expected to work onsite and is located in Aurora, CO. 

The Santoro Lab is part of the Section of Developmental Biology, an overarching goal of which is to improve human health. Specifically, the section has five main objectives:

Understand the genetic, molecular, and cellular mechanisms that guide normal development.

Determine how normal developmental processes are altered to result in developmental disease and disability.

Identify new diagnostic strategies and molecular and cellular therapies targeted at the treatment of childhood disease.

Train the next generation of leaders in developmental and stem cell biology and pediatric disease research.

Serve as a hub for basic and translational child health research that spans the Anschutz Medical Campus research community.

To accomplish these objectives, the faculty, graduate students, postdoctoral trainees, and research staff who comprise the Section of Developmental Biology perform research