Staff Research Associate - Neurosurgery / Biorepository / Brain Tumor Center
Staff Research Associate - Neurosurgery / Biorepository / Brain Tumor Center
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$ 28 - 45
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Job Description
The SRA position will perform duties that are crucial to providing services to the UCSF Neurosurgery Dept. the Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center and outside institutions. This employee will help procure brain tumor specimens from surgeries provide histology services for both research and clinical purposes. This employee will play an integral part in maintaining and building upon our 46 year old repository.
Perform tissue collection processing and other specialized histological and immunohistochemical tasks within a revenue-generating Core facility in support of the UCSF Brain Tumor Center. Specifically these tasks include:
- Collecting processing and archiving neurological tumor tissues and blood samples for use by Brain Tumor Center investigators and for NeuroOncology clinical trials. These surgeries may occasionally run longer than scheduled and will require staying past 5pm.
- Data entry of patient and biospecimen information into Tissue Bank databases and sample tracking system.
- Operating and maintaining core equipment: automatic tissue processor Ventana automated immunostainers liquid nitrogen storage systems microtome and cryostat.
- Processing histology requests that entails the generation of paraffin or frozen sections.
- DNA isolation from various sources of tissue or blood.
- Retrieve and verify consents.
- Archive sample retrieval (both frozen and paraffin) for histology or clinical requests
- Maintaining human and animal cell cultures to ensure adequate inventory in the Tissue Bank for distribution.
- Performing immunohistochemical staining for major Core projects as well as other individual investigators.
- Maintaining antibody inventory tracking and updating protocol changes organizing control slides in order to assure results and best utilize resources.
- Performing and documenting clinical IHC work: test slides controls instrument logs and pathologist review sheets as required by CLIA standards.
- Quantifying MIB-1 labeling index to predict tumor cell proliferation and invasiveness.
Your placement within the salary range is dependent on a number of factors including your work experience and internal equity within this position classification at UCSF. For positions that are represented by a labor union placement within the salary range will be guided by the rules in the collective bargaining agreement.
The salary range for this position is $28.04 - $45.09 (Hourly Rate).
To learn more about the benefits of working at UCSF including total compensation please visit: I: BA/BS degree in a related science and knowledge of or experience with the basic techniques or methods required by the position; or an equivalent combination of education and experience
Equal Employment Opportunity
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability age protected veteran status or other protected status under state or federal law.
Department Description
The Department of Neurological Surgery at UCSF is home to leading physicians and scientists dedicated to treating patients with neurosurgical disorders and to the search for better therapies and cures. Our mission is to provide the best clinical care to our patients investigate the most promising advances in neuroscience research and train tomorrows leaders in neurosurgery.
We are recognized by U.S News & World Report to be the #3 hospital for neurosurgery and neurology services in the country. We have neurosurgery services at all major hospitals in the San Francisco Bay Area providing a full range of exceptional neurosurgical subspecialty care.
Our residency program is ranked #1 in the nation by Doximity and we are consistently the #1 NIH-funded neurosurgery program in the nation.
About UCSF
The University of California San Francisco (UCSF) is a leading university dedicated to promoting health worldwide through advanced biomedical research graduate-level education in the life sciences and health professions and excellence in patient care. It is the only campus in the 10-campus UC system dedicated exclusively to the health sciences. We bring together the worlds leading experts in nearly every area of health. We are home to five Nobel laureates who have advanced the understanding of cancer neurodegenerative diseases aging and stem cells.
Pride Values
UCSF is a diverse community made of people with many skills and talents. We seek candidates whose work experience or community service has prepared them to contribute to our commitment to professionalism respect integrity diversity and excellence also known as our PRIDE values.
In addition to our PRIDE values UCSF is committed to equity both in how we deliver care as well as our workforce. We are committed to building a broadly diverse community nurturing a culture that is welcoming and supportive and engaging diverse ideas for the provision of culturally competent education discovery and patient care. Additional information about UCSF is available at
Join us to find a rewarding career contributing to improving healthcare worldwide.
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
