Research Technician B

About Us:

The Hägglöf Lab studies how B lymphocytes sense and respond to molecular stresses and insults to determine how B cell coping mechanisms control antibody formation and immune responses in contexts of cancer and vaccination. Therefore, the lab performs immunological assays to study B cells including flow cytometry, ELISA, immunofluorescent microscopy), mouse colony management, genotyping, tissue isolation from mouse bone marrow, spleen, lymph nodes.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Perform a moderate number of simple or moderate technical procedures;
  • Mouse ear punching
  • Mouse weaning
  • Mouse injections
  • Tissue harvesting
  • Immunoessays
  • Flow Cytometry
  • Tissue Prep for Micropsy
• Require occasional guidance;
• Order routine supplies;
• Modify technical procedures;
• Train other lab members;
• Guide other lab members;
• A simple / limited understanding of scientific literature and the research goals and rationale is required;
• Occasionally analyze data;
• Interpret data;
• Make written contributions to papers and grant proposals.*

 

QUALIFICATIONS: Hiring Rate: $26.80 Post Probationary Rate: $27.33 Job Rate: $28.18

The Albert Einstein College of Medicine is a private medical school in New York City. Founded in 1953, Einstein operates as an independent degree-granting institution as part of the integrated healthcare Montefiore Health System (Montefiore Medicine) and also has affiliations with Jacobi Medical Center.