Professional Research Assistant - Wet Lab Supervisor
Requisition Number:
62869
Location:
Boulder, Colorado
City
Boulder
State
Colorado
Employment Type:
Research Faculty
Schedule:
Full-Time
Date Posted:
20-Mar-2025
Job Summary
The University of Colorado’s Center for Health and Neuroscience, Genes, and Environment (CUChange) has a full-time Professional Research Assistant position available. Work will take place in Boulder, with the possibility of occasional trips to the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora. Preferred start date is May 1, 2025.
The University of Colorado Boulder is committed to building a culturally diverse community of faculty, staff, and students dedicated to contributing to an inclusive campus environment. We are an Equal Opportunity employer, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.
Who We Are
We are a motivated team that conducts transdisciplinary research exploring factors linked with health and risk behavior in a number of populations. We seek a full-time research assistant to aid in the collection and processing of biological samples, biomarker data quality control and management, and human subjects research support as necessary.
What Your Key Responsibilities Will Be
We seek a full-time research assistant to supervise all bench work performed at CUChange, oversee/train a team of undergraduate research assistants, order and maintain lab supplies for several studies, manage and project cost-sharing across several studies, coordinate sample drop offs with study teams, and maintain laboratory safety codes. Lab duties include DNA extraction and quantification from whole blood, lipopolysaccharide stimulation of whole blood, isolation of plasma and peripheral blood mononuclear cells from whole blood, bead-based/traditional ELISA, PCR methods, biomarker multiplexing, freezer upkeep, and data management and quality control.
What You Should Know
This position is well suited for an individual pursuing a career in laboratory management, translational human subjects research, or other biomedical research.
What We Can Offer
The annual salary range for this full-time position is $49,000.00 to $52,000.00
Benefits
The University of Colorado offers excellent benefits, including medical, dental, retirement, paid time off, tuition benefit and ECO Pass. The University of Colorado Boulder is one of the largest employers in Boulder County and offers an inspiring higher education environment. Learn more about the University of Colorado Boulder.
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What We Require
- Bachelor’s degree in Neuroscience, Pre-Health, Human/Integrative Physiology, Molecular/Cellular Biology, Biochemistry, Biomedical Engineering, or equivalent degree and skillset
- Experience supervising and mentoring others professionally
- Strong communication and organizational skills
- Ability to work collaboratively with study staff, postdoctoral researchers, undergraduates, principal investigators, and other laboratories
- Experience with qPCR, real time PCR, sandwich ELISA, and bead-based ELISA
- Experience handling biohazardous materials such as human blood, stool, urine and saliva samples
- Experience working with hazardous chemicals
- Experience operating various laboratory equipment including, but not limited to, swinging bucket/micro centrifuge, multichannel/single channel pipettes, biological safety cabinet, qubit fluorometer, absorbance microplate readers, and cell incubator
What We Would Like You to Have
- Ability to extract DNA from whole blood samples
- Knowledge of Flow Cytometry
- Ability to complete ELISA kits with high R2
- Experience with management of laboratory supplies and sample inventories
- Experience working with human research participants
- REDCap project design and management
- Automated data management utilizing application programming interface (API) functionality
- Literacy in R/RStudio
Special Instructions
To apply, please submit the following materials:
- Resume/CV
- Cover Letter
- (Optional) Transcripts/Proof of Degree
If you are selected as the finalist, your degree will be verified by the CU Boulder Campus Human Resources department using an approved online vendor. If your degree was obtained outside of the United States, please submit a translated version (if applicable) as an optional attachment.
We may request references at a later time.
For full consideration, please apply by May 1, 2025. Position will remain open until filled.
Note: Application materials will not be accepted via email. For consideration, applications must be submitted through CU Boulder Jobs.
In compliance with the Colorado Job Application Fairness Act, in any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.
Posting Contact Information
Posting Contact Name: Boulder Campus Human Resources
Posting Contact Email: Recruiting@colorado.edu