
GENERAL SUMMARY OF POSITION:
Under the supervision of the Principal Investigator or designee, the Research Laboratory Technician I, performs a variety of specimen preparatory techniques, dry lab data collection, and routine laboratory maintenance.
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
SUPERVISION RECEIVED:
Under the supervision of the Principal Investigator or designee
SUPERVISION EXERCISED:
None
ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING CONDITIONS:
Wet chemistry laboratory, and may require appropriate contact with biohazards, radionucleotides, toxins, animals, and human specimens.
GENERAL SUMMARY OF POSITION:
The Harlan Lab within the Diabetes Center of Excellence seeks an experienced and innovative biomedical technician for our studies to fully characterize human pancreatic islets procured from deceased donors with, and without, diabetes. From the precious samples, the team characterizes each islets hormone secretion when cultured in low and high glucose, quantifies the precise cellular constituents of each islet (which varies from donor to donor and even islet to islet within each donors pancreas), then assesses the single cell transcriptome from each islet cell- including infiltrating immune cells from donors diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
The ideal candidate will have experience with cell culture, flow cytometry, ELISA assays, basic molecular biology, RNA-Seq library construction, and next generation nucleic acid sequencing techniques. Familiarity with basic Unix and Python programming skills a bonus. Priority will be given to individuals with demonstrated creativity and ability to work both with minimal supervision and as a part of a team.
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