at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Job Opening Id: 50560
Department: MED-Pharmacology
Salary/Grade: EXS/6
Job Summary:
This position will be in Dr. Minoli Perera’s lab.
Manages daily operations of a research lab including regulatory filing, ordering, student training, overall lab inventory, clinical study management, sample processing and coordination, monitors lab performance by students, analyzes and reviews results, and supervises development and implementation of new protocols, documentation and organization of lab files. This position will assign work and supervise lab personnel and reviews technical operations ensuring that all processes, protocols and procedures are quality controlled and functioning up to standards. This position will develop, implement and administer budgets, grant and administrative procedures. Opportunities to co-authors scientific papers for presentation and publication and coordinates writing, submission and administration of grants. Opportunities to mentor summer students
Specific Responsibilities:
- Manages technical operations of a lab involved in scientific research activities.
- In consultation with Principal Investigator (PI) organizes and plans experiments ensuring those project objectives are attained.
- Oversees and guides lab staff in review of results and recommendation of changes to protocols to improve validity and accuracy.
- Conducts more complex experiments and analysis.
Molecular Biology:
- DNA, RNA, Protein isolation, purification and expression
- Southern, Northern, Western blotting
- PCR, RT-PCR
- Plasmid preparation
- Cloning, mapping and sequencing of DNA
- Recombinant virus production and purification
