JOB SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES Laboratory experiments** Organizes and performs routine laboratory experiments involving RNA, DNA, protein isolation, PCR techniques, gel electrophoresis, western blot, cell culture work.**Participate in conducting experiments with extracellular vesicles. **Participate in conducting in vivo experiments **Participate in conducting in vivo experiments. **Collaborate on a variety of active and ongoing research projects that are conducted by Dr. Calin’s laboratory personnel.** Creates and implements standardized workflows for experiments.** Processes research results through statistical programs such as Graphpad Prism to generate graphs and reports.** Reviews and presents findings at laboratory meetings on a weekly basis.
Collaboration and Project Administration** Works closely with coworkers to understand data processing challenges and provides custom solutions for gene expression, pathway, non-codingRNAs, microRNAs, genomic and proteomic data to expedite scientific projects.** Utilizes the data produced by the Sequencing and other Non-coding RNA profiling for application and provides bioinformatics software and computational tools to others.** Performs collaborations with members of other laboratories.
Continued Education** Maintains an up-to-date knowledge of new laboratory techniques.** Searches literature and investigates emerging laboratory tools and technologies.** Reads and interprets relevant articles related to ongoing research.** Possesses familiarity with relevant techniques applicable to research conducted by Dr. Calin’s laboratory personnel.** Consistently attends classes on new techniques or topics that are related to the research.
Other duties as assigned
Required Degree: Bachelor's degree, major course work in one of the basic sciences.
Required Experience: No experience required.
Preferred Experience: Research lab experience.
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