Research Technician

The research technician will work under minimal supervision to manage the daily operations of the Kharas lab in the Molecular Pharmacology & Chemistry Department at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. This role is meant to assist in a variety of tasks including: to maintain a functioning laboratory with mouse strains, perform experiments, and to work with the other lab members.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

•   Maintain existing collection of instruments and inventories.

•   Place purchase requisitions for reagents and laboratory materials.

•   Perform experimental tests related to molecular imaging studies by using cell culture analysis techniques in cell cultures, in situ, and in tissue samples.  ** (e.g. cell culture, cell transduction,PCR, fluorescence microscopy, FACS analysis, western blots, and receptor-based assays)**

•   Prepare mouse specimens for testing

•   Perform retrieval of data

•   Summarize results/data reports

•   BA/BS in Biological or Natural Sciences, with 1 year of job-related experience.

•   Excellent verbal and written communication skills

•   Strong MS Office skills including Excel

•   Experience working with cell cultures, transduction of cells in vitro, PCR, and receptor-based assays