Junior Specialist
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA0–2 yrs3d agovia LinkedIn
About the Role
The Blackburn Lab at the University of California, San Francisco is recruiting for a Junior Specialist.
Key Responsibilities
- Isolating peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from clinical study participants.
- Coordinating sample transfer between the Blackburn Lab (Mission Bay) and the UCSF Core Immunology Laboratory (Zukerberg San Francisco General hospital).
- Performing telomere length and telomerase activity assays.
- Being trained by the Core Immunology Laboratory to perform flow cytometry analysis.
- Performing and presenting basic analysis of telomere length, telomerase activity, and flow cytometry data using Microsoft Office Suite and other relevant commercial software.
- Contributing to data analysis and manuscript writing with the team's statisticians.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Hands-on experience working in a cell biology or molecular biology lab.
- Familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
- Willingness to learn new lab techniques and software.
- Experience with PCR and qPCR (preferred).
- Experience with statistic programs, such as GraphPad Prism (preferred).
Qualifications
- Baccalaureate degree (or equivalent degree) in biology, biochemistry, immunology, microbiology, or a closely related life science field, OR at least four years of research experience.
- Experience working with human blood (preferred).