Position Details

Position Information

Recruitment/Posting Title	Temp Research Assistant
Job Category	Staff & Executive - Research (Laboratory/Non-Laboratory)
Department	NJMS-Cancer Center
Overview	Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care (UBHC), established in 1971, offers a full continuum of evidence based behavioral health and addiction services for children, adolescents, adults, and seniors throughout New Jersey. UBHC’s 1,060 experienced behavioral health professionals and support staff are dedicated to treatment, prevention, and education. UBHC, one of the largest providers of behavioral health care in the country, has a budget of $260 million and has 15 sites throughout New Jersey. Services are readily accessible and include: inpatient, outpatient, partial hospitalization, screening, crisis stabilization, family/caregiver support, community outreach and case management, supportive housing, supported employment, prevention and consultation, employee assistance programs, and a licensed therapeutic school from preschool through high school. Specialty services include the New Jersey suicide prevention helpline and peer help lines for police, veterans, active military, teachers, mothers of special needs children and child protective service workers. In FY2016, UBHC treated 16,199 consumers, had 24,502 admissions, and touched the lives of 19,441 individual callers through peer support. In addition, UBHC is the primary mental health training resource for the New Jersey departments of Human Services, Children and Families, and Corrections, delivering 16,000 trainings each year.
Posting Summary	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is seeking a Temporary Research Assistant in the Center for Cell Signaling for the New Jersey Medical School within Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care. The primary purpose of the Temp Research Assistant (TRA) position is to under direction of the PI Dr. Pingping Hou, perform cancer research and technical support. The current focus of the Hou lab is to understand the anti-KRAS therapy resistance mechanisms in pancreatic cancer and engineer tumor-associated cells to improve disease control. Specific tasks may include being responsible of specific research project and pre-clinical studies, tumor collection, gain- and loss-of function genetic screening, epigenetic, proteomic and/or metabolomic analysis, cell culture, molecular work, and record keeping. Among the key duties of this position are the following: Conducts multidisciplinary research in cancer biology and immunology with a focus on the discovery of therapy resistance-associated cells in tumor microenvironment and the development of innate immune cell therapy for cancer. Participates in experimental design and carries out experiments including animal surgeries. Operates and maintains experimental equipment. Records and analyzes data from experiments. Maintains a proper data notebook pursuant to the standards of the Department and the PI. Contributes to the intellectual development of the project. Prepares manuscripts and grant proposals based on the research conducted.
Position Status	Full Time
Hours Per Week
Daily Work Shift	Day
Work Arrangement	This position requires a fully on-site work arrangement.
FLSA	Nonexempt
Grade	99H
Position Salary	45,000 to max 48,000
Annual Minimum Salary
Annual Mid Range Salary
Annual Maximum Salary
Standard Hours	40.00
Union Description	Non-Union
Payroll Designation	PeopleSoft
Benefits	Rutgers offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees. For details, please go to http://uhr.rutgers.edu/benefits/benefits-overview . Rutgers also offers a benefit program to eligible full-time postdoctoral fellow students. For details, please go to https://finance.rutgers.edu/healthcare-risk/insurance/postdoctoral-health-insurance.
Seniority Unit
Terms of Appointment	Temporary Staff Appointment - Hourly
Position Pension Eligibility

Qualifications

Minimum Education and Experience
Certifications/Licenses
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities	Experience with studies in cancer biology, synthetic biology, cell engineering, immunology and/or biochemistry. Effective skills in oral and written communication, teamwork, and problem-solving. Computer literate with proficiency and working knowledge of database and reporting tools such as Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint
Preferred Qualifications	Bachelor’s Degree. Prior research experience is an asset, but not required. Basic knowledge of R software and bioinformatics for transcriptomic analysis
Equipment Utilized
Physical Demands and Work Environment	PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Position requires lifting 1/5 of the time up to 25 pounds; sitting, walking, standing, close vision, depth perception required. WORK ENVIRONMENT: Office/Laboratory environment. No significant exposures or noise levels
Special Conditions

Posting Details

Posting Number	23ST2788
Posting Open Date
Special Instructions to Applicants
Regional Campus	Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS)
Home Location Campus	Newark (RBHS)
City	Newark
State	NJ
Location Details

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