Research Technician

M-F 8:00-5:00; flexible

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A global higher education leader in innovative teaching, research and public service, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill consistently ranks as one of the nation's top public universities. Known for its beautiful campus, world-class medical care, commitment to the arts and top athletic programs, Carolina is an ideal place to teach, work and learn.

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University employees can choose from a wide range of professional training opportunities for career growth, skill development and lifelong learning and enjoy exclusive perks for numerous retail, restaurant and performing arts discounts, savings on local child care centers and special rates on select campus events. UNC-Chapel Hill offers full-time employees a comprehensive benefits package, paid leave, and a variety of health, life and retirement plans and additional programs that support a healthy work/life balance.

Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education and research.

Patient care: We promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.

Education: We prepare tomorrow`s healthcare professionals and biomedical researchers from all backgrounds by facilitating learning within innovative and integrated curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education to ensure a highly skilled workforce.

Research: We develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers and resources. We provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our university to support outstanding research. We foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic and population research.

The primary purpose of this position is to assist the Pancreatic Cancer Center of Excellence under the direction of Dr. Yeh (PI) and other laboratory members. The group is focused on the studies of cancer genomics and novel therapies. Prior demonstrated experience with Matlab, R perl and/or python will be needed to analyze genomic and proteomic data and generate expression matrices using preexisting codes. Write short scripts to handle straightforward application tasks using perl/python. Run preexisting pipelines. Candidates will utilize molecular biology skills with certain procedures (i.e. experience with PCR, running gels, DNA, and RNA quantification) and must demonstrate ability to perform bench protocols. Tissue culture requiring significant attention to detail will be required. Animal handling will also be a function of this job. Successful applicants will have demonstrated a willingness and ability to work in these areas. In addition, exceptional organizational, experimental, problem solving and oral/written communication skills.

Demonstrated possession of the competencies necessary to perform the work.

- Experience with in vitro tissue culture method assays and vivo tumor efficacy studies
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Experience in maintaining mouse colony
- Experience with non-invasive imaging modalities

Not Applicable.

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