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Description

Under general supervision of the Principal Investigator, the Lab Assistant II will perform housekeeping duties in the laboratory (maintenance of the research colony, cleaning and disinfecting lab equipment), immunofluorescence and immunohistochemistry staining, and will be involved in primary research project completion including several specialized methods in rat handling/medication administration/aseptic surgery. The Lab Assistant II training will be provided in specific techniques, experience is laboratory rodent is required, some basic research laboratory experience (pipetting, making solutions, etc.) and scientific coursework (chemistry and biology) preferred.

_Please note, this is a part-time, 18-month limited position that may convert to career._

Salary Range: $22.02 - $25.90 Hourly

Qualifications

Required:

+ Ability to use excel and word. Must be computer literate

+ Ability to perform basic chemistry calculations (molarity, dilutions)

+ Ability to speak, understand, and write English

+ Ability to maintain a legible laboratory notebook

+ Knowledge of basic laboratory safety and regulations.

+ Ability to handle small animals.

+ Must be eligible to work in California (compensation is through UCLA)

+ Experience in sterile techniques.

+ Experience with confocal microscopy

+ Trained managing and passaging embryonic stem cells

+ Experience resecting intestinal muscularis from neonatal mice.

+ Computational experience processing large data sets and perform statistical analysis.

Preferred:

+ Bachelor's degree with science background

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