Research Assistant 2 (A)

Miami, FL - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 9 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Current Employees:

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CORE JOB FUNCTIONS

1. Plans and implements research experiments according to research protocols to assure high-quality scientific results in support of applicable project goals.
2. Assists with assessing the feasibility of implementing innovations.
3. Assesses data trends and develops reports and presentations.
4. Supports the initiation of new research by reviewing and synthesizing literature.
5. Maintains inventory of supplies and equipment.
6. Assists in the preparation of scientific papers reports and manuscripts.
7. Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS

Education:
High School diploma or equivalent

Certification and Licensing:
Not Applicable

Experience:
Minimum 2 years of relevant experience

Knowledge Skills and Attitudes:
Skill in collecting organizing and analyzing data.
Ability to recognize analyze and solve a variety of problems.
Ability to exercise sound judgment in making critical decisions.

DEPARTMENT ADDENDUM

Department Specific Functions

This is a joint position between the Abdulreda and Buchwald labs at the Diabetes Research Institute (DRI). The person in this position will be required to train in all aspects of the research ongoing in the labs. This person will be primarily responsible for the maintenance of the mouse colony including the daily monitoring of mice enrolled or not enrolled in studies such as pancreatic islet transplantation. This person will also assist in the transplantations in vivo imaging of transplanted mice data analyses immunostaining in tissue sections and other research activities as needed.

Department Specific Qualifications

Education:
High School diploma required
Bachelors degree preferred

Certification and Licensing:
N/A

Experience:
1. Preferred college degree or at least 3 years of lab research experience
2. Preferred experience with rodent (mouse) work including colony maintenance

The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical dental tuition remission and more.

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The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law.

Job Status:

Full time

Employee Type:

Staff

Required Experience:

Junior IC

Current Employees:If you are a current Staff Faculty or Temporary employee at the University of Miami please click here to log in to Workday to use the internal application process. To learn how to apply for a faculty or staff position please review this tip sheet.CORE JOB FUNCTIONS 1. Plans and im...