Research Associate II - Parks Lab - Lung Institute
Los Angeles, California
Overview
Cedars-Sinai is a hub for biomedical research and a training center for future physicians and other healthcare professionals. By joining us in an academic role, you’ll be a part of formulating future ideas for discovery and then translating those discoveries into cures for the benefit and health of the Los Angeles community.
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What makes a successful Research Associate II - Parks Lab - Lung Institute at Cedars-Sinai? Check out the traits we’re looking for and see if you have the right mix.
- Analytical
- Organized
- Deadline-oriented
- Adaptable
- Results-driven
- Problem-solver
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Discovery is central to Cedars-Sinai’s mission. Our laboratories and clinics generate ideas, therapies, devices, and systems that contribute to biomedical progress around the world. Cedars-Sinai’s investigators push the frontiers of biomedicine with studies in cardiac care, cancer, digestive health, the neurosciences, women’s health, and more. Cedars-Sinai’s robust academic enterprise shapes the experts who will help redefine medicine for the next generation.
Responsibilities
Requisition # 3979Job Description
Are you a hardworking and dedicated research professional interested in being part of breakthrough Research?
When you join Cedars-Sinai, you become part of a team that is at the forefront of medical advancements and life-saving medical and scientific breakthroughs. Cedars-Sinai is one of the leading institutes for driven research funding from the National Institutes of Health. As an international leader in biomedical research, we translate discoveries into successful treatments with global impact.
If you're ready to be a part of breakthrough research, then we invite you to consider this exciting opportunity and apply today!
Principal Investigator, William Parks, PhD, is seeking a Research Associate II to join the team!
Research in the Parks Laboratory focuses on the role of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) in immunity, tissue repair and fibrosis. With an emphasis on models of lung and skin diseases, the Parks Lab has determined that individual MMPs control distinct, nonoverlapping functions in antimicrobial defense, epithelial repair and differentiation, leukocyte influx and activation, and resolution of fibrosis. To learn more, please visit the Parks Laboratory website.
The Parks Lab seeks a Research Associate II with an interest in performing routine and increasingly complex laboratory tasks and procedures. The Research Associate II will participate in research activities involving all aspects of the research process, to include, but not limited to; investigation, technical, testing/validation of results, and report findings. The incumbent will perform a variety of routine experimental protocols and procedures to support the objectives of laboratory research projects. The RA II member will observe follow safety standards and procedures, assist in preparation of data for publication and/or presentation at scholarly meetings, and assist in general laboratory maintenance. This position does not have supervisory responsibilities.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
- Designs new complex or unusual protocols and techniques.
- Keeps accurate and detailed records of experiments and results, and assist in identifying and troubleshooting of unexpected results.
- Orders laboratory supplies and supports laboratory operations.
- Maintains lab equipment and related records and may coordinate use of lab equipment.
- Assists in the operation of specialized equipment, as required by the area of research.
- Orients research laboratory assistants or lower level research associates and undergraduate student researchers on day-to-day lab operations and routine procedures.
Qualifications
Education:
- Bachelor's degree in a Science related field, required.
Experience and Skills:
- One year of laboratory experience, required.
- Experience with routine laboratory procedures, experimental protocols, and overall lab organization.
- Ability to work independently.
- Must have outstanding interpersonal, communication and organization skills to work across company subject areas and functional units, and computer application experience.
- Must possess digital literacy in Excel and Word.
About Us
About the Team
Req ID : 3979
Working Title : Research Associate II - Parks Lab - Lung Institute
Department : Research - Pulmonary
Business Entity : Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Job Category : Academic / Research
Job Specialty : Research Studies/ Clin Trial
Overtime Status : NONEXEMPT
Primary Shift : Day
Shift Duration : 8 hour
Base Pay : $21.26 - $36.14
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