Skip to main content

This job has expired

Research Technician II

Employer
Baylor College of Medicine
Location
Houston, Texas
Closing date
Apr 12, 2022

View more

Discipline
Health Sciences, Medicine
Position Type
Full Time
Job Type
Technician
Organization Type
Academia
Summary

A Research Technician II position is available at the Center for Advanced Innate Cell Therapy within the Texas Children's Cancer Center. This position will be part of an interdisciplinary team of laboratory and clinical investigators developing novel forms of cancer immunotherapy. We offer outstanding state-of-the-art, recently expanded laboratory facilities, a highly interactive team work environment and an individualized approach to career development. The Research Technician will perform PBMC isolation, magnetic cell sorting, gene transduction, cell expansion, phenotypic and functional characterization using flow cytometry, cytotoxicity, and Luminex assays.

Job Duties

  • Processes peripheral blood, isolates mononuclear cells and specific cell subsets.
  • Performs magnetic cell sorting.
  • Performs of numeric expansion of lymphocytes in culture.
  • Performs retroviral transduction of cultured cells.
  • Performs immunoflourescent staining and runs and runs flow cytometry analysis.
  • Analyses flow cytometry data using FlowJo and DIVA software.
  • Measures cytokine production using ELISA or Luminex assays.
  • Measures cell-mediated cytotoxicity.
  • Documents results of experiments and prepare reports.


Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a Basic Science or related field. Four years of related experience may substitute for degree requirement.
  • No experience required.


Preferred Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in cell biology or related filed.


Baylor College of Medicine requires employees to be fully vaccinated -subject to approved exemptions-against vaccine-preventable diseases including, but not limited to, COVID-19 and influenza.

Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.

10000

CA; SN

Get job alerts

Create a job alert and receive personalized job recommendations straight to your inbox.

Create alert