Dana Farber Cancer Institute – Life Science Research Technician
They are seeking enthusiastic, self-motivated individuals who thrive in a fast-paced, challenging research environment, and can interact well with others as part of a cohesive team. If you have a desire to make a significant impact in healthcare and have the fortitude to work hard, you will succeed within this team.
Job Title: Research Technician
Job Location: 450 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Category: Research Technician/Scientist
Employment Type: Full time
Eligibility Criteria:
At Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, we work every day to create an innovative, caring, and inclusive environment where every patient, family, and staff member feels they belong. As relentless as we are in our mission to reduce the burden of cancer for all, we are equally committed to diversifying our faculty and staff. Cancer knows no boundaries and when it comes to hiring the most dedicated and diverse professionals, neither do we. If working in this kind of organization inspires you, we encourage you to apply.
- Bachelor’s degree in the life sciences or related field required.
- Experience with basic laboratory techniques and principles of molecular biology and genetics is required.
- Experience with mouse work is a plus.
- Excellent written, documentation and oral communication skills are required.
- Strong organizational skills, including the ability to handle a variety of tasks in a fast-paced environment required.
Skills/Abilities Required:
- Passion for science and strong motivation
- Strong interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills, including the ability to handle a variety of tasks in a fast-paced environment, positive attitude and attention to detail, as well as ability to think on one’s feet are required.
- Must possess a high level of initiative, curiosity and dedication, proactivity in identifying problems and solutions to address them.
- Must be a strong team player.
- Extensive mouse experience is a plus.
- Basic computational experience is not required but is a plus.
- We are looking for candidates with at least 2 years of availability.
Requirements
- Participates in the maintenance of mouse colony, tissue processing including peripheral blood collection and organ dissection, sample processing, and preparation for analysis.
- Performs mouse transplantation experiments, including tail vein, retroorbital and interfemoral injections
- Performs basic molecular, biochemical and cellular biology experiments to investigate mechanisms that drive hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell transformation to myeloid malignancies
- Performs drug treatment experiments using cell lines, primary cell and mouse models of human disease
- Designs and carries out small independent projects and joins in team efforts for larger-scale experiments.
- Documents compile and analyze experimental data. Reports data in oral and written reports.
- Attends team meetings to shares results, plan projects and experiments.
- Maintains and improves technical knowledge base.
- Operates and maintains laboratory equipment to complete investigations.
- Prepares, orders, and maintains stocks of necessary reagents, solutions and supplies.
Other related tasks as required.
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