Staff Research Associate I - Surgery

The Department of Surgery is seeking to hire a part time Staff Research Associate Level I (SRA I) in a cutting-edge plastic surgery research lab under the mentorship of the Principal Investigator.

Duties of this role include:

• Experimental Procedures and Bench Work
• Assisting with preparation for and completion of experiments
• Helping with data acquisition and experimental flow
• Cell culture maintenance, standard molecular biology techniques both classical and modern
• Animal Research: Help maintaining mouse colonies
• Assist with genotyping, breeding, organ harvesting
• Help maintain animal compliance paperwork and protocols
• Lab Administrative Duties: Assist in ordering of supplies and inventory management
• Help preparing lab buffer, chemical and reagent stocks for general lab use
• Data Management and Manuscript Preparation
• Procedural and statistical analysis of experimental data
• Creation of data figures for use in manuscripts and presentations

• Bachelor's degree in a life science field (eg Biology).
• Excellent work ethic and desire for personal growth and development.
• Ability to work flexible hours and varying timelines, as needed.
• Ability to establish and maintain productive working relationships internally and externally.
• Ability to communicate in oral and written form, for the purpose of providing information to others in the laboratory. This includes the ability to record findings and methods in a laboratory journal in an accurate, complete, and timely way.
• Skill in tact and diplomacy.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Access and web-based database programs.
• Ability to be self-motivated, work with minimal supervision at times, handle multiple tasks and prioritize workload.
• Ability to work as part of a team and establish cooperative working relationships with researchers, residents, students, and other support personnel.
• Knowledge of UCLA Policies and Procedures, especially those for purchasing and waste disposal
• Organized, detail oriented, and able to quickly adapt to the addition of novel tasks.
• Ability to perform general laboratory techniques such as weighing, sterilizing, titration, glassware washing, filtering, reagent and buffer prep, maintaining sterile technique with meticulous attention to detail.
• Willingness to work with large and small research animals (mice, rats, rabbits), experience in area is preferred
• Basic science bench work experience, especially cell culture with asceptic technique
• Knowledge of how to use and maintain modern laboratory equipment including incubators, tissue culture hoods, centrifuges, balances, and pH meter.
• Mathematical skills to calculate chemical and biological concentrations in solutions.