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*Staff working at a MSK New Jersey location must be up to date with COVID-19 vaccination, which includes having completed the primary COVID-19 vaccination series and booster once eligible as mandated by New Jersey State. All New Jersey staff not yet eligible for a booster must receive a booster within 3 weeks of becoming eligible as a condition of continued employment at MSK.

Note: Individuals are eligible to receive a COVID-19 booster five months after receiving the second dose of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine or two months after the J&J vaccine.

Job Description

Are you looking for a new and exciting opportunity? We might have the ideal one for you!

As a Senior Research Technician you will perform research activities in collaboration with internal/external personnel to complete science-based projects. You will normally receive detailed instructions while making observations, analyzing data and interpreting results according to laboratory procedures. We will give you the tools to provide support to all technical/research staff and postdocs.

You are:

• Effective at communicating, capable of resolving how best to reach different audiences and executing communications based on that understanding
• Adept at planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments with a keen eye for detail
• Eager to seek new opportunities and tough challenges with high energy, and passion

You will:

• Prepare laboratory equipment and work with cultures and/or cell separation methods; electrophoretic separations: assays (e.g., RIA, TIA, ELISA); basic biology or other niche science techniques depending on the lab.
• Operate lab equipment such as centrifuges, pH meters, analytical balancers, scintillation counters, spectrophotometers, light microscopes and other equipment as taught.
• Assist in animal handling requiring injection of animals, collection/harvesting of tissues, fluids; animal autopsies in order to make chemical identification and conduct analyses.
• Complete tasks with the mentorship of your P.I. and staff associated with designated research projects by carrying out the requested activities.
• Provide assistance with other ongoing research for peers and research personnel in the laboratory by completing tasks related to the projects.
• Perform vital analysis and calculations, record data and write reports on research findings.
• Respond to and produce reports comprising of the requested statistics for the study as requested by the laboratory head and members of the research team.

You have!

We are looking for candidates with a Bachelor's in Biology or 3 years of closely related experience

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