The Research Technician in Dr. Anjali Mishra's lab, part of the Department of Medical Oncology, will undertake numerous duties such as physical exams, experimental procedures, surgeries, injections, euthanasia, IVIS imaging, and managing inventory. Additional duties involve mouse genotyping, as well as maintaining and expanding the mouse colony, including breeding. Basic mouse handling experience is required. This summary does not cover all job responsibilities. The technician will manage all project phases, from development to delivery, setting objectives, and strategizing approaches to assignments.
Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsibility for planning animal experiments and maintaining the mouse colony by assessing experimental needs.
• To independently undertake research in testing therapeutics in mice using the appropriate methods and/or techniques.
• To produce research reports and/or presentations of results obtained through experiments based on their analyses.
• Collect, prepare and analyze research data; keep a detailed notebook summarizing experiments and recording research data; maintain computer database of research data; tabulate and display data for presentation in research conferences and for manuscript preparation; use graphics and statistical software to analyze and present data.
• To collaborate with research colleagues and support staff internally as appropriate to the research and to actively develop appropriate external contacts and networks relevant to the project and to future funding opportunities.
• To help to assure the validity of research conducted by ensuring the operational condition of scientific equipment through maintenance, operating the equipment, and managing the use of the equipment.
• To attend, contribute, and where necessary lead relevant meetings.
• To ensure that responsibilities identified within internal processes such as Health and Safety guidelines etc. are robustly met by all research team members.
• To remain competent and current through self-directed professional reading, developing professional contact with colleagues, attending professional development courses, and attending training and/or courses as required by the supervisor.
• To take responsibility for planning and developing research methods and techniques within the framework of the research program.
• To undertake any other duties relevant to the research program.
• Assist with ordering and procurement of supplies and equipment and with general maintenance of laboratory.

Qualifications
Qualifications and Experience
Essential:

• A bachelor's degree in an Applied Science or an appropriate related field is required
• One year of experience in a research lab environment
• The ability to work independently with minimal supervision on assigned research projects is required

Desirable:

• Experience of working in a research team environment
• Experience of writing research reports, publications or other relevant outputs

Skills & Knowledge
Essential:

• Applied research experience in own area or specialism
• Excellent interpersonal, networking and communication skills
• Proven problem-solving skills

Desirable:

• A good understanding of the research environment in a university
• Experience of writing to publication standard or independently producing other research outputs

Personal Qualities
Essential:

• A clear commitment to contributing to the research environment and producing high quality research outputs
• Proactive independent attitude
• Flexible and adaptive with a positive approach to managing substantial projects and associated resources
• A committed team-player

Closing Statement
Jefferson includes Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, a dynamic university and health system with broad reach across the Delaware Valley. Jefferson is the second largest employer in Philadelphia and the largest health system in Philadelphia based on total licensed beds.
Through the merger of Thomas Jefferson University and Philadelphia University in 2017, our University includes ten colleges and four schools. We are an NCAA Division II university and an R2 national doctoral university offering undergraduate and graduate-level programs that provide students with a forward-thinking education in architecture, business, design, engineering, fashion and textiles, health, medicine and social science.
Jefferson Health, the clinical arm of Thomas Jefferson University, has grown from a three-hospital academic health center in 2015, to an 18-hospital health system through mergers and combinations that include hospitals at Abington Health, Aria Health, Kennedy Health, Magee Rehabilitation and Einstein Healthcare Network. We have over 50 outpatient and urgent care centers; ten Magnet®-designated hospitals (recognized by the ANCC for nursing excellence); the NCI-designated Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (one of only 70 in the country and one of only two in the region); and one of the largest faculty-based telehealth networks in the country. In 2021, Jefferson Health became the sole owner of HealthPartners Plan, a not-for-profit health maintenance organization in Southeastern Pennsylvania. We are the first health system regionally to create an aligned payer-provider partnership.
Jefferson's mission, vision and values create an organization that attracts the best and the brightest students, faculty, staff, and healthcare professionals, as well as the most visionary leaders to drive exceptional results.

• OUR MISSION: We improve lives.
• OUR VISION: Reimagining health, education and discovery to create unparalleled value
• OUR VALUES: Put People First, Be Bold & Think Differently and Do the Right Thing

As an employer, Jefferson maintains a commitment to provide equal access to employment. Jefferson values diversity and encourages applications from women, members of minority groups, LGBTQ individuals, disabled individuals, and veterans.
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