Job Information
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York Technician B in New York, New York
- Job Type: Support Staff - Union
- Bargaining Unit: SSA
- Regular/Temporary: Regular
- End Date if Temporary:
- Hours Per Week: 35
- Standard Work Schedule:
- Building:
- Salary Range: $51,839.00 - $51,839.00
Position Summary
Columbia University's Department of Pathology and Cell Biology invites applications for a Technician B. This individual will perform animal colony management and laboratory experiments, including flow cytometry, protein electrophoresis, western blotting, chromatography/sample pre-processing, and animal-based transfusion experiments. This also includes assay development for clinical laboratory tests, and bioinformatics analysis using R/Python.
Responsibilities
Perform lab experiments, including:
- 15% Protein electrophoresis and western blotting
- 15% Chromatography/sample pre-processing
- 15% Bioinformatics analysis
- 15% Performing animal experiments
- 15% Animal husbandry
- 15% Recording/analyzing data
- 10% Other duties as assigned
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree or equivalent in education, training and experience or equivalent in education, training, and experience.
Preferred Qualifications
- The ideal candidate will be highly motivated, highly organized, able to multi-task, take initiative, start and complete projects.
- This position requires the technical ability to complete procedures and properly record and report results.
- Applicants with experience in animal colony management and animal husbandry are strongly encouraged to apply.
- Experience with flow cytometry, PCR, Western blotting, and/or recombinant DNA will be an advantage.
- Programming in R or Python is preferred but not essential to start.
Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran
Columbia University is committed to the hiring of qualified local residents.
Minimum Salary: 31200.00 Maximum Salary: 31200.00 Salary Unit: Yearly