Job Description
Department: Location: Health Sciences Center
Time Type: Full time
Worker Type: Regular
Job Req ID: R108521
Minimum Requirements: Research Assistant II- Associate's degree in a related field and one or more years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education, training and work experience. Grade 2 (Hourly)
Research Assistant III: Associate's Degree in a related field and two (2) years of relevant experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Grade 3 (Hourly)
Position Description: The Laboratory of Dr. Alex Carll () in the Center for Cardiometabolic Science, Department of Physiology, and Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute, has an opening for a Research Assistant II or Research Assistant III. The position will be filled at the level as determined by education, experience, and qualifications of the candidate.
This position will assist in cardiovascular toxicology experiments involving biochemical and physiological measures of live rodents and their tissues.
This is a fully in-person position.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Handle laboratory mice.
- Manage and organize animal colonies.
- Acquire physiologic data from mice (e.g., electrocardiograms or blood pressure signals).
- Conduct animal inhalation exposures to e-cigarette aerosols or air pollutants.
- Organize, analyze, and summarize large experimental datasets in MS Excel or other data processing software.
- Perform biochemical/molecular assays (e.g., Western blot, qRTPCR, ELISA, immunofluorescence).
- Prepare materials and equipment necessary for laboratory tests.
- Research literature and help prepare journal articles for submission.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience and comfort with processing datasets.
- Comfort with basic handling of rodents for experiments.
- Experience managing mouse genetic colonies.
- Past experience with physiologic data, wet lab procedures (Western blot, qRTPCR, ELISA), surgery, histology, or statistical analyses are appreciated.
- Curiosity and attention to detail are expected.
- Research Assistant III only: experience in animal and/or preclinical research required
Target Compensation Maximum: $25.39
Target Compensation Minimum: $16.93
Compensation will be commensurate to candidate experience. Equal Employment Opportunity The University of Louisville is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. The University strives to provide equal employment opportunity on the basis of merit and without unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, sex, age, color, national origin, ethnicity, creed, religion, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, veteran status, marital status, or pregnancy. In accordance with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Vietnam Era Veteran Readjustment Act of 1974, the University prohibits job discrimination of individuals with disabilities, Vietnam era veterans, qualified special disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, and other protected veterans. The University acknowledges its obligations to ensure affirmative steps are taken to ensure equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment. It is the policy of the University that no employee or applicant for employment be subject to unlawful discrimination in terms of recruitment, hiring, promotion, contract, contract renewal, tenure, compensation, benefits, and/or working conditions. No employee or applicant for employment is required to endorse or condemn a specific ideology, political viewpoint, or social viewpoint to be eligible for hiring, contract renewal, tenure, or promotion.
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Job Tags
Hourly pay, Full time, Contract work, Work experience placement