• Job Type: Support Staff - Union
• Regular/Temporary: Regular
• Hours Per Week: 15
• Salary Range: $24.00 - $24.00 per hour

Position Summary

The Columbia Center for Translational Immunology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) seeks a highly motivated technician to support immunology research. Responsibilities will encompass a range of tasks related to animal husbandry, animal sampling and processing, processing of human clinical samples, molecular assay performance, and support with data management and analysis.

Responsibilities

• Assist with animal husbandry and sampling.
• Process human and murine samples, maintaining meticulous records to ensure traceability and quality control.
• Assist with comprehensive analyses of samples, encompassing data processing and analysis.
• Foster a culture of scientific excellence, integrity, efficiency, teamwork, continuous learning, and improvement.
• Perform other related duties as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

• Undergraduate student with coursework in chemistry, biology, physics, or related science.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and data management files.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in common biology techniques such as tissue culture and RNA isolation.

Other Requirements

• The candidate selected for this position is required to undergo a drug screening test prior to a final offer of employment being made
• Participation in the medical surveillance program
  • Position will involve work with laboratory animals
  • Potential bloodborne pathogen exposure
• Successful completion of applicable compliance and systems training requirements

Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran

Columbia University is committed to the hiring of qualified local residents.

About Columbia University

Columbia University is one of the world's most important centers of research and at the same time a distinctive and distinguished learning environment for undergraduates and graduate students in many scholarly and professional fields. The University recognizes the importance of its location in New York City and seeks to link its research and teaching to the vast resources of a great metropolis. It seeks to attract a diverse and international faculty and student body, to support research and teaching on global issues, and to create academic relationships with many countries and regions. It expects all areas of the university to advance knowledge and learning at the highest level and to convey the products of its efforts to the world.

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