Staff Research Associate

General Information

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Work Location: Los Angeles, USA

Onsite or Remote

Fully On-Site

Work Schedule

Monday - Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm

Posted Date

04/17/2024

Salary Range: $25.75 - 30.71 Hourly

Employment Type

4 - Staff: Limited

Duration

Limited < 6 mos

Job #

15394

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

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Come join our exceptional Department of Neurobiology, and help lead the advancement of cutting-edge basic science research into explorations of the brain and central nervous system. In this Staff Research Assistant (SRA) 1 role you'll perform routine molecular biology techniques including DNA cloning and PCR.

The SRA 1 will also assist with:

• Husbandry, genotyping, and mating of transgenic and knockout strains of mice.

• Ovo electroporation of fertilized chicken embryos.

• Extracting embryos or embryonic tissues from fertilized chicken embryos and pregnant mice.

• Fixation, embedding, cryostat sectioning, and immunohistochemical staining of embryonic tissues.

• Anterograde and retrograde labeling of neural circuits.

• Collecting images using a conventional fluorescence microscope or a confocal microscope.

• Culture of embryonic and neural stem cells, and neurons.

• Immunohistochemical analysis of cultured cells or luciferase assay measurements.

UCLA Health is a world-renowned health system with four award-winning hospitals and dozens of primary care practices, specialty practices, urgent care centers and other ancillary locations throughout metro Los Angeles as well as the David Geffen School of Medicine, which is an internationally-respected center of advanced medical education and research. If you're looking to experience greater challenge and fulfillment in your career, you can at UCLA Health.

Please note that this is a full-time up to 6-month limited position and may convert to career.

Salary range: $25.75 - $30.71 Hourly

Job Qualifications

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Required:

• BA/BS in neuroscience, molecular biology, developmental biology or equivalent.

• Experience with animal experiments.

• Familiarity with MS Word, PowerPoint, and Photoshop; ability to quickly learn special/custom application ImageJ, Axiovision, and Zen.

Strongly preferred:

• Experience in basic cell and molecular biology techniques: plasmid purification, bacterial transformation, DNA cloning, immunocytochemistry, cell transfections.

• Skills in tissue dissection and tissue culture.