What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manager, Laboratory position at Vanderbilt University?
The position is part of the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology at Vanderbilt University and is under moderate supervision. The candidate will set up and conduct experiments, report data, and continue research projects in accordance with protocols, including the accurate recording of data and the reporting of both standard and variant results. Assist in other laboratory and research functions, including overseeing compliance issues.
About the Work Unit:
Every major advance in medicine starts with fundamental discoveries that teach us how living organisms work in both health and disease. These discoveries are made in biomedical sciences laboratories that study life at all levels from the individual molecules that encode heredity to the complex associations of cells that form tissues and organs. Vanderbilt Basic Sciences is a tightly integrated research and education division within the School of Medicine comprising four academic departments, eight interdisciplinary centers, twenty-seven service core facilities, and the Office of Biomedical Research, Education, and Training.
Our team of over 1000 faculty, fellows, students, and staff are making new discoveries every day - discoveries that enrich our understanding of biological processes and provide the foundation for new insights into the causes, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of human diseases.
Key Functions and Expected Performance:
- Under minimal supervision, plan, conduct and evaluate experiments and assays of varying complexity.
- Plan and coordinate experiments in conjunction with requests from Supervisor.
- Understand and follow experimental protocols (including reprogramming of peripheral blood cells and fibroblasts, maintaining human induced pluripotent stem cells, differentiating hiPSCs into neurons and organoids, handling of drug products, subcellular fractions, and biological fluids/cells/tissues, the use and management of plate readers, flow cytometers, etc.)
- Record, compile, interpret, and communicate data/results.
- Follow and implement University safety protocols (may include use of combustibles, biohazardous materials and fluids/tissues, and/or carcinogens).
- Carry out work with proper benchtop technique.
- Recommend improvements to established techniques and/or protocols.
- Provide appropriate written/oral documentation of experiments.
- Analyze and summarize test results.
- Coordinate experiments with collaborating laboratories.
- Maintain inventory of consumables, clean glassware/lab space, prepare and aliquot stock solutions. Assist in the efficient operation of the lab.
General Lab
- Shared participation in laboratory operation and inventory is expected, such as stocking lab supplies and preparing reagents and buffers for general lab use.
- Expertise in sample processing and data analysis.
- Aid in compound management duties.
Education and Certifications:
- A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution of higher education in chemistry, biochemistry or similar field and 2 years of experience are necessary
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with a wide range of constituencies in a diverse community necessary.
- Prior experience in molecular biology, neuroscience, and/or pharmacology is necessary
- Skill in organizing resources and establishing priorities is strongly preferred.
- Vanderbilt experience is preferred.
About the Work Unit:
Every major advance in medicine starts with fundamental discoveries that teach us how living organisms work in both health and disease. These discoveries are made in biomedical sciences laboratories that study life at all levels from the individual molecules that encode heredity to the complex associations of cells that form tissues and organs. Vanderbilt Basic Sciences is a tightly integrated research and education division within the School of Medicine comprising four academic departments, eight interdisciplinary centers, twenty-seven service core facilities, and the Office of Biomedical Research, Education, and Training.
Our team of over 1000 faculty, fellows, students, and staff are making new discoveries every day - discoveries that enrich our understanding of biological processes and provide the foundation for new insights into the causes, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of human diseases.
Key Functions and Expected Performance:
- Under minimal supervision, plan, conduct and evaluate experiments and assays of varying complexity.
- Plan and coordinate experiments in conjunction with requests from Supervisor.
- Understand and follow experimental protocols (including reprogramming of peripheral blood cells and fibroblasts, maintaining human induced pluripotent stem cells, differentiating hiPSCs into neurons and organoids, handling of drug products, subcellular fractions, and biological fluids/cells/tissues, the use and management of plate readers, flow cytometers, etc.)
- Record, compile, interpret, and communicate data/results.
- Follow and implement University safety protocols (may include use of combustibles, biohazardous materials and fluids/tissues, and/or carcinogens).
- Carry out work with proper benchtop technique.
- Recommend improvements to established techniques and/or protocols.
- Provide appropriate written/oral documentation of experiments.
- Analyze and summarize test results.
- Coordinate experiments with collaborating laboratories.
- Maintain inventory of consumables, clean glassware/lab space, prepare and aliquot stock solutions. Assist in the efficient operation of the lab.
General Lab
- Shared participation in laboratory operation and inventory is expected, such as stocking lab supplies and preparing reagents and buffers for general lab use.
- Expertise in sample processing and data analysis.
- Aid in compound management duties.
Education and Certifications:
- A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution of higher education in chemistry, biochemistry or similar field and 2 years of experience are necessary
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with a wide range of constituencies in a diverse community necessary.
- Prior experience in molecular biology, neuroscience, and/or pharmacology is necessary
- Skill in organizing resources and establishing priorities is strongly preferred.
- Vanderbilt experience is preferred.