**JOB SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES**

**Lab Duties**

Performs technical laboratory duties in accordance with a predetermined course of action.

Oversee lab supplies and maintain equipment.

Coordinate rotation room.

Routine maintenance and equipment.

**Experiments**

Prepares and conducts experiments and/or as requested by the PI or their designee.

Obtaining peripheral blood, bone marrow and spleen samples from animal models and processing of same for flow cytometric and in vitro assays.

Entry/capture into database.

Isolate primary human NK cells, transduce them.

Culture and maintain primary human cells and cell lines.

Stain the cells for flow cytometry based experiments

**Research**

Reads literature and confers with superiors regarding new procedures.

Collects and organizes data for project reports.

Occasional data presentation during weekly meetings

**Other Duties**

General lab cleaning/organization.

Ensuring maintenance of lab standards.

Conduct checks/inspections.

Assist postdocs and researchers with clinical trials, data, projects. etc.

**CORE VALUES**

Caring Behaviors

Courtesy: Is respectful and courteous to each other at all times.

Friendliness/Teamwork: Promotes and rewards teamwork and inclusiveness; is sensitive to the concerns of our patients and our co-workers.

Integrity Behaviors

Reliability: Communicates frequently, honestly and openly.

Accountability: Holds self and others accountable for practicing our values.

Safety: Models safe behavior (wears badge and personal protective equipment, washes hands, and keeps work area clean and orderly); Notices a safety concern or emergency, understands role and uses proper procedures to report it; Mitigates risk to the institution through sound business practices; Demonstrates ethical and personal responsibility in work and behavior

Discovery Behaviors

Responsiveness: By his/her actions, creates an environment of trust; Encourages learning, creativity and new ideas.

Personal Leadership/Self-Initiative: Helps others to identify and solve problems; Seeks personal growth and enables others to do so.

**EDUCATION**

Required: Bachelor's degree, major course work in one of the basic sciences.

**EXPERIENCE**

Required: No experience.

It is the policy of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center to provide equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. http://www.mdanderson.org/about-us/legal-and-policy/legal-statements/eeo-affirmative-action.html

Additional Information

Requisition ID: 164808

Employment Status: Full-Time

Employee Status: Regular

Work Week: Day/Evening

Minimum Salary: US Dollar (USD) 38,500

Midpoint Salary: US Dollar (USD) 48,000

Maximum Salary : US Dollar (USD) 57,500

FLSA: non-exempt and eligible for overtime pay

Fund Type: Soft

Work Location: Onsite

Pivotal Position: Yes

Referral Bonus Available?: No

Relocation Assistance Available?: Yes

Science Jobs: Yes

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