• Job Type: Support Staff - Union
• Bargaining Unit: SSA
• Regular/Temporary: Regular
• End Date if Temporary:
• Hours Per Week: 35
• Salary Range:

Position Summary

The Department of Microbiology & Immunology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center is seeking a full-time Senior Technician to join the Laboratory for Mucosal Immunology in New York City. The position offers a range of unique benefits (see below), as well as opportunities for career development and growth.

Responsibilities

Reporting to the Principal Investigator, Dr. Ivaylo Ivanov, the Senior Technician will be responsible for management of a laboratory mouse colony and will perform experiments in the field of microbiota and mucosal immunology.

Interested candidates should provide a cover letter describing experience (please note experience with laboratory mice) and motivation for applying to the position, a CV, a copy of their Undergraduate Transcripts, and contact information for three references (please note relation to candidate). For more information on the Ivanov Lab visit: www.ivanovlab.com.

• Maintenance and organization of the laboratory animal colony
• Animal husbandry, sample collection, genotyping
• Assist lab members in performing experiments
• Maintain detailed records
• Participate in general lab organization

Columbia University offers a range of competitive benefits ??? including, but not limited to ??? tuition exemption, comprehensive health coverage, paid holidays and time off accruals, tax savings, life insurance, and voluntary benefits.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor???s Degree and 1.5 years of related experience or equivalent in education, training and experience
• Significant research experience with laboratory mice
• Solid knowledge of basic laboratory procedures and techniques

Other Requirements

• Strong organizational and communication skills

• Ability to maintain detailed laboratory records

Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran

Columbia University is committed to the hiring of qualified local residents.

About Columbia University

Columbia University is one of the world's most important centers of research and at the same time a distinctive and distinguished learning environment for undergraduates and graduate students in many scholarly and professional fields. The University recognizes the importance of its location in New York City and seeks to link its research and teaching to the vast resources of a great metropolis. It seeks to attract a diverse and international faculty and student body, to support research and teaching on global issues, and to create academic relationships with many countries and regions. It expects all areas of the university to advance knowledge and learning at the highest level and to convey the products of its efforts to the world.

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