Job Details

Sr Laboratory Specialist

Position Number: 6220812
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Position Type: Laboratory and Research

Sr Laboratory Specialist

Job Summary

Huntsman Cancer Institute is looking for an exceptional candidate for a unique Research Technician position. This position affords the exciting opportunity to be part of a research effort at Huntsman Cancer Institute aiming to delineate genomic aberrations in cancer biology and discover novel therapeutic targets. He/she will use modern next generation sequencing techniques to characterize genomic aberrations and modern functional perturbation techniques including CRISPR/Cas9 and other genome editing tools. He/she will use various model systems to test for drug responses and determine mechanisms of resistance to drugs, including novel immunotherapies. He/she will be part of a multi-disciplinary team that evaluates new technologies and approaches to discover and validate novel systemic cancer biology.
The candidate is expected to work largely independently after training, but will be closely mentored by the principal investigator and other team members.
Huntsman Cancer Institute provides a vibrant research environment at the University of Utah and provide the potential for your contributions to be used and recognized worldwide.

Huntsman Cancer Institute is committed to cancer prevention, care, and survivorship for all communities within the area we serve - which includes Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming - with impact worldwide.
In your cover letter or during your interview process, we invite you to share how your professional experiences have prepared you to serve as a member of our team as we work to reduce the cancer burden experienced by all people and communities. This may include description of your prior experiences related to research, prevention, clinical care, community engagement/outreach, training, administration, or other areas relevant to Huntsman Cancer Institute's mission and this position.

Responsibilities
CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES

Learn, execute and further develop next-generation sequencing protocols and explore novel techniques of low input genomics including single-cell sequencing.
Handles cell culture of cancer cell lines and sensitive primary human cells. Uses established protocols and works closely with HCI and U of U platforms, facilities, and collaborators.
Uses wide array of cell biology, immunology and molecular biology techniques to mechanistically characterize cell types and dependencies.
Learns and executes a variety of in vitro functional bioassays and high dimensional phenotypic readouts.
May work with mouse models to assess tumor formation, and drug response.
Operates and maintains laboratory equipment to complete investigations.
Prepares, orders, and maintains stocks of necessary reagents, solutions and supplies.
Documents, compiles, and analyzes experimental protocols and data including running established computational pipelines on the command line.
Attends team meetings to share results, plan projects and experiments.
Other related tasks as required.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Strong interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills, including the ability to handle a variety of tasks in a fast-paced environment, large complex experiments, and large data sets, all of which demand great attention to detail.
Proactive in identifying problems and solutions to address them.
Must be an exceptional team player.
Must possess a high level of initiative and the ability to work independently.

Work Environment and Level of Frequency that may be required: Nearly Continuously: Office environment.Often: Infectious disease, oils (there is air or skin exposure to oils or other cutting fluids), hazards (includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, moving vehicles, electrical current, working on scaffolding and high places, or exposure to chemicals).

Physical Requirements and Level of Frequency that may be requiredNearly Continuously: Hearing, listening, talking.Often: Repetitive hand motion (such as typing), walking, standing, sitting.Seldom: Bending, reaching overhead.

Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific discipline or equivalency (one year of education can be substituted for two years of related work experience), plus four years of related full-time laboratory experience required. Demonstrated human relations and effective communication skills also required.

Applicants must demonstrate the potential ability to perform the essential functions of the job as outlined in the position description.

Preferences

Familiarity of basic cell culture and molecular biology laboratory techniques, including recombinant DNA and protein biochemistry, strongly desired.
Familiarity with fluorescent microscopy or flow cytometry is desirable.
Familiarity with the command line, linux systems and R is desirable.

Special Instructions

Requisition Number: PRN41854B
Full Time or Part Time? Full Time
Work Schedule Summary:
Department: 02347 - HCI Birgit Knoechel Resch Prog
Location: Campus
Pay Rate Range: 39300 to 56000
Close Date: 7/31/2025
Open Until Filled:

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