LAB RESEARCH ANALYST I

This Position is Fully Grant Funded

School of Medicine Established in 1930, Duke University School of Medicine is the youngest of the nation's top medical schools. Ranked sixth among medical schools in the nation, the School takes pride in being an inclusive community of outstanding learners, investigators, clinicians, and staff where interdisciplinary collaboration is embraced and great ideas accelerate translation of fundamental scientific discoveries to improve human health locally and around the globe. Composed of more than 2,500 faculty physicians and researchers, more than 1,300 students, and more than 6,000 staff, the Duke University School of Medicine along with the Duke University School of Nursing, Duke University Health System and the Private Diagnostic Clinic (PDC) comprise Duke Health. a world-class academic medical center. The Health System encompasses Duke University Hospital, Duke Regional Hospital, Duke Raleigh Hospital, Duke Primary Care, Duke Home and Hospice, Duke Health and Wellness, and multiple affiliations.

• Complete highly technical lab experiments (50% effort)
  • Perform a variety of experimental preparations, coordinate the collection of necessary of reagents and supplies, and use specialized equipment to execute complex experimental protocols such as STARR-seq assays.
  • Serve as the point of contact for status updates in support of overall lab planning and research project goals.
  • Communicate protocol issues and work with PI and research team to troubleshoot solutions.
  • Present experimental results to the research team in group lab meetings.
  • Collaborate with other lab members including LRAs, research techs, and postdocs working on related protocols and research projects.
     

• Independently develop and optimize new protocols for use in future large-scale data generation efforts (25% effort)
  • Develop and optimize protocols.
  • Develop schedules for meeting data generation goals on time.
  • Coordinate and contribute to small team efforts to implement that schedule.
  • Track progress report progress to the lab PI and research team.

• Lab management (15% effort)
  • Overseeing shipping and receiving
  • Maintaining inventory and ordering key reagents
  • Coordinate lab chores, including equipment maintenance and organization
  • Prepare and maintain lab stocks of common reagents

• Maintain knowledge of cutting edge technologies and approaches (10% effort)
  • Review journals, abstracts, and scientific literature on new approaches and opportunities to optimize lab processes and protocols.
  • Share updates and information with research team.

Minimum Qualifications

Education

Work requires a bachelor's degree in botany, biology, zoology, psychology or other directly related scientific field.

Experience

Work requires two years of research experience. A related master's OR AN EQUIVALENT COMBINATION OF RELEVANT EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE degree may offset required years of experience on a 1:1 basis, e.g., a two year master's degree in lieu of two years of experience.

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