Research Associate II - Translational Pediatric Oncology

Join the forefront of groundbreaking research at the Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses.

Requirements

• Coordinate lab tasks and operations
• Prepare laboratory reagents, chemicals, instruments, and maintain equipment
• Perform a variety of routine and non-routine laboratory research experiments
• Record and validate results and methodology for accuracy and completeness
• Perform preclinical rodent work
• Troubleshoot procedures if experiment results are unexpected or unsatisfactory
• Recommend alternative procedures
• Calculate, compile and analyze data obtained from work performed
• Independently evaluate research data and initiate alternative approaches to improve the quality of results
• Train lab staff in specialized procedures, equipment and theoretical concepts behind unique tests
• Keep detailed and accurate logs of experiments from conception to analysis, as well as of lab inventory and animal colonies
• May contribute to the preparation of manuscripts by describing methods and specialized techniques

Benefits

• Comprehensive Benefits