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About the Role
Under guidance, this role oversees and coordinates daily activities within the research laboratory. It assists scientists with laboratory and investigative procedures and may involve working with animal models and/or human subjects.
Responsibilities
- Evaluates, recommends, and develops new techniques to enhance laboratory efficiency.
- Writes/amends laboratory operating protocols and implements new technology.
- Ensures laboratory quality assurance goals and standards are met, evaluating quality control trends and implementing corrective actions.
- Designs and conducts experiments, analyzing and interpreting results to inform future designs.
- Conducts library research and literature searches, assisting in editing scientific publications, abstracts, and posters.
- Audits and screens vendors/suppliers for product and equipment quality, corresponding for technical support.
- Performs tissue & cell culture activities.
- Prepares and maintains detailed records, logs, and summary reports of procedures and results, including graphs, scientific calculations, and statistical analysis.
- Maintains inventory of supplies, equipment, and reagents, potentially ordering or escalating needs, and receiving/confirming orders.
- Ensures a clean working area and washes/stores glassware.
- Ensures safe laboratory practices, including the use and disposal of chemicals and hazardous materials.
- Assists in the orientation and training of new personnel and may provide working supervision to junior staff.
- Performs animal husbandry, genotyping, surgeries, post-operative care, behavioral testing, sectioning, and histology.
- Performs routine molecular biology laboratory procedures such as PCR, protein and DNA electrophoresis, cloning, and DNA preparation.
- Runs routine biochemistry assays including western blotting and RT-PCR.
- Performs microscopic imaging analyses.
- Manages the receipt, storage, cataloging, and shipment of samples.
Requirements
- Approximately 3-5 years of related work experience within a laboratory.
Skills
- Demonstrated organizational skills
- Ability to pay close attention to detail
- Ability to multi-task
- Ability to handle multiple competing priorities
Location
- Upper East Side
Work Type
- Weekdays
- Some weekends
Experience Level
- 3-5 years
Education Level
- Bachelor's Degree
Salary/Compensations
- $31.21 - $39.40
About the Company
- Cornell welcomes students, faculty, and staff with diverse backgrounds from across the globe to pursue world-class education and career opportunities, to further the founding principle of “any person, any study.”
Equal Opportunity
- No person shall be denied employment on the basis of any legally protected status or be subjected to prohibited discrimination involving, but not limited to, race, ethnic or national origin, citizenship and immigration status, color, sex, pregnancy or pregnancy-related conditions, age, creed, religion, arrest and/or conviction record, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender expression and/or identity, an individual’s genetic information, domestic violence victim status, familial status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
- Cornell University embraces diversity in its workforce and seeks job candidates who will contribute to a climate that supports students, faculty, and staff of all identities and backgrounds.
- We hire based on merit, and encourage people from historically underrepresented and/or marginalized identities to apply.
- Consistent with federal law, Cornell engages in affirmative action in employment for qualified protected veterans as defined in the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRRA).
- We also recognize a lawful preference in employment practices for Native Americans living on or near Indian reservations in accordance with applicable law.