Staff Research Associate 1 - Surgery

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Staff Research Associate 1 - Surgery

General Information

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Work Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA

Onsite or Remote

Fully On-Site

Work Schedule

M-F, 1pm-5pm

Posted Date

09/11/2026

Salary Range: $30.12 - 35.92 Hourly

Employment Type

4 - Staff: Limited

Duration

6 months

Job #

32892

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

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You will work as a part-time Staff Research Associate I (SRA I) in a cutting-edge regenerative medicine research laboratory under the mentorship of Dr. Gerald Lipshutz in support of multiple research projects. More specifically, you will help manage the lab's various research animal colonies. In this role, you will also characterize protein expression in harvested tissues and organs by qRT-PCR and immunohistochemistry (IHC).

Hourly salary range: $30.12 - $35.92. Please note that the department's target hourly rate is $30.12

This is a part-time, limited appointment that may convert to career.

Job Qualifications

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Required:

• Skill in routine molecular and cellular biology techniques.
• Ability to communicate effectively on a one-to-one basis sufficiently to convey experimental results to principal investigators.
• Writing skills sufficient to compose laboratory protocols which are clear, concise, logical and display proper syntax and grammar.
• Interpersonal skill to interact and collaborate effectively with scientist coworkers, graduate students and faculty.
• Skill in handling and disposing of contaminated material according to protocol.
• Ability to organize raw data into relevant formats.
• Reading skills sufficient to understand specific protocol relevant journal articles, and equipment.
• Ability to perform library searches.

Preferred:

• Bachelor of Science degree or equivalent experience in chemistry, microbiology, biochemistry and molecular biology
• Experience working with research animals

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.

Current/former UC employees are subject to a personnel file review.

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