Lab Technician 1 - Dept. of Human and Molecular Genetics

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The Department of Human and Molecular Genetics is in search of a Lab Technician to join Dr. Landry's lab.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

This position exists to provide support in lab research (molecular biology techniques and cell culture work) to the principle investigator and several graduate students and to maintain laboratory supplies and equipment. Specific projects such as: 1) Studying the role of MDA9 scaffold and signaling protein in breast cancer progression, sensitivity to chemotherapies, and antitumor immune response; 2) Studying epigenetic mechanisms on how cancer cells recover from from chemotherapy exposure; and 3.) further developing humanized mouse models. Project assignments will change as priorities of the laboratory change.

Day-to-day duties will include general lab maintenance including - ordering supplies, stocking shelves, cleaning glassware, autoclaving biohazard waste, cleaning the lab as needed. Experimental duties include molecular biology techniques including qPCR, Western blotting, cell culture assays, colony counting, etc...Analysis of data including the data entry into excel and similar programs, and simple data organization and formatting. Maintenance of a detailed and clear lab notebook.