Research Specialist
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Job Description
Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals including doctors nurses business people tech experts researchers and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit we support patient care research teaching and community service striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham.
Job Summary
Performs a variety of administrative and scientific activities necessary to support the research and academic responsibilities of the Research Laboratory. In addition to the routine administrative support duties this includes independently drafting and submitting drug material transfer agreements and daily interactions with external industry representatives (scientific and legal) to facilitate the progress of material transfer agreements.Essential Functions
-Works with laboratory staff and academic collaborators to draft and submit material transfer agreements for novel targeted therapies (obtained from Pharma or Biotech) that will be tested for antineoplastic and biological activities in the department.
-Develops proposals and study plans and coordinates the institutional and external reviews of these proposals.
-Responsible for supervising and performing drug sensitivity assays in various human cancer cell lines.
-These assays require substantial attention to detail and consistent methods and include evaluation of cell proliferation cell apoptosis cell-cycle perturbations by flow cytometry and cell signaling perturbations by immunoblotting.
-Responsible for supervising routine reports of laboratory studies particularly as stipulated in material transfer agreements or corporate-sponsored research agreements to be distributed to industry scientific counterparts and to academic collaborators.
-Responsible for preparing summaries of laboratory studies for meeting presentations and for publications.
-Calculates transcribes and analyzes data using advanced statistical techniques.
-Reports on the progress of work at weekly laboratory seminars.
-Also semi-autonomously write-up experimental work for grant applications book chapters and journal publications.
Qualifications
Education
Masters Degree Related Field of Study required
Can this role accept experience in lieu of a degree
No
Licenses and Credentials
Experience
Experience in an academic or laboratory research setting 3-5 years required
Knowledge Skills and Abilities
- Must be a problem solver willing to take the initiative and prioritize tasks thereby ensuring the smooth and efficient conduct of several projects simultaneously.
- Ability to perform a variety of highly specialized cell culture and molecular biology procedures.
- A high degree of computer literacy in order to use various spreadsheet database accounting and word processing programs to assist in administrative grant proposal preparation and research reporting activities.
- Excellent organizational skills in order to formulate implement and monitor a number of interrelated tasks.
- Ability to exercise discretion and good judgment in handling of sensitive and confidential information.
- Ability to work under deadline pressure and prioritize work from several sources.
- Excellent interpersonal skills for internal and external communications.
Additional Job Details (if applicable)
Remote Type
Work Location
Scheduled Weekly Hours
Employee Type
Work Shift
EEO Statement:
Mass General Brigham Competency Framework
At Mass General Brigham our competency framework defines what effective leadership looks like by specifying which behaviors are most critical for successful performance at each job level. The framework is comprised of ten competencies (half People-Focused half Performance-Focused) and are defined by observable and measurable skills and behaviors that contribute to workplace effectiveness and career success. These competencies are used to evaluate performance make hiring decisions identify development needs mobilize employees across our system and establish a strong talent pipeline.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
