Research Technician

Job Description

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Conduct experimental tests for investigators using established techniques.
• Prepare laboratory equipment, instruments, solutions, stains, assays, and other supplies for research experiments.
• Operate laboratory equipment and perform assigned research procedures.
• Assist with culture and cell separation methods, electrophoretic separations, assays, and other specialized techniques as required.
• Isolate and purify substances when needed; duties may include animal handling, injections, tissue or fluid collection, and animal autopsies.
• Support investigators, postdoctoral researchers, and laboratory staff with ongoing research projects and assigned tasks.
• Analyze results, perform calculations, record data, and prepare research reports and requested study statistics.
• Run data queries and format information according to laboratory requirements; recommend changes or additions to established data fields when appropriate.
• Purchase laboratory equipment and materials and assist with preparing purchase requisitions.
• Track laboratory expenditures using databases such as Excel and maintain purchase logs.
  Inform senior personnel about purchasing needs and equipment or supply changes.
• Obtain prior approval for expenditures and help maintain the laboratory’s annual budget.
• Participate in quality assurance, quality improvement, and proficiency testing activities.
• Follow documented laboratory procedures and stay current with updated protocols.
• Assist with grant applications and other laboratory duties assigned by the Principal Investigator or laboratory staff.

Required Skills:

• Research activities and laboratory experiments.
• Conducting experimental tests using established techniques.
• Culture and cell separation methods, electrophoretic separations, assays, and basic biology or specialized scientific techniques, depending on laboratory needs.
• Operating laboratory equipment, including centrifuges, pH meters, analytical balances, scintillation counters, spectrophotometers, and light micro Products.
• Data analysis, calculations, accurate data recording, and report writing.
• Microsoft Excel, database management, and data queries.
• Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement programs, including proficiency testing.
• Knowledge of laboratory procedures and research documentation.

Required Experience:

• Minimum 2 years of experience Produced through college-level coursework or work in a laboratory environment.

Required Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Biology, Chemistry, or another laboratory science field.