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Badawi LabKey Roles and Responsibilities
Maintain rodent colonies and animal care, general lab maintenance, and assist researchers in the lab with their research efforts.
Perform and support experiments involving tissue collection, live imaging and recordings.
Purchase supplies/materials through Workday.
Participate in regular communication with the PI via lab meetings and personal meetings.
Generate data and analyze for the preparation of published papers.
Maintain comprehensive and accurate records of rodent care, health assessments, experimental procedures, and environmental conditions. Ensure records are up to date and comply with laboratory and regulatory requirements.
Assist with grant submissions and other documentation necessary for laboratory compliance.
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. It is only a summary of the typical functions of the job, not an exhaustive list of all possible job responsibilities, tasks, duties, and assignments. Furthermore, job duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Required Qualifications:
Work Experience:
2 years of experience in a basic science laboratory. Education may substitute for experience on a year for year basis.
Experience in general lab maintenance and buffer making, working with rodent models, tissue collection and electrophysiology
Preferred Qualifications:
Education: Bachelor's degree in Neuroscience or a related field
Work Experience:
3 years of experience in a basic science laboratory.
Experience with handling laboratory animals, muscle dissections and intracellular recordings of synaptic neurotransmitter release and kinetics.
Experienced in pCLAMP software analysis of intracellular recordings.
Skills:
Communication skills.
Required Documents:
Resume/CV
Cover Letter
Comprehensive Benefits Package:
Coverage begins on day one for health, dental, and vision insurance and includes health expense accounts with generous employer contributions if the employee participates in a qualifying health plan. Employer-paid life insurance, long-term disability insurance, and various additional voluntary insurance plans are available. Paid time off, including vacation and sick, begins accruing upon hire, plus ten paid holidays. One paid discretionary day is available after six months of employment, and paid time off for bereavement, jury duty, military service, and parental leave is available after 12 months of employment. A retirement program with a generous employer contribution and additional voluntary retirement programs (457 or 403b) are available. https://www.kumc.edu/human-resources/benefits.html
Compensation Statement:
The pay range listed for this position is determined by our compensation program using market data and salary benchmarking. A combination of factors is considered in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, education, experience and training, qualifications relative to the requirements of the position, and funding. At the University of Kansas Medical Center, a reasonable estimate for the starting pay range will be the minimum to midpoint of the posted range, taking into account the combination of factors listed above.
Minimum
$21.06Midpoint
$24.23Maximum
$27.40