Research Technician II - Core Facility
Job Description
Summary
The IDDRC biorepository core facility assists the investigators of BCM IDDRC by processing, cataloging, biobanking, and shipping samples. The core facility receives human bio samples that includes plasma, serum, urine, blood for DNA and RNA extraction, blood for establishing lympho-blastoid cell lines, and skin biopsies to establish expand and bank fibroblast cultures. All of the data on the samples are electronically stored on a clinical trial management system hosted by Baylor IT. The billing is through a centralized iLabs process.
Job Duties
- Orders laboratory supplies.
- Coordinates with investigators to receive samples.
- Processes samples appropriately, aliquot the samples, and biobank the samples.
- Performs cell cultures to develop cell lines.
- Extracts DNA and RNA from human tissues.
- Labels appropriately, catalogues every sample and maintains entry on an electronic database and assists with billing services.
- Works and organizes samples in liquid nitrogen and -80 degree freezers.
- Performs other lab-related duties as required.
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.
Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.
Baylor College of Medicine fosters diversity among its students, trainees, faculty and staff as a prerequisite to accomplishing our institutional mission, and setting standards for excellence in training healthcare providers and biomedical scientists, promoting scientific innovation, and providing patient-centered care. - Diversity, respect, and inclusiveness create an environment that is conducive to academic excellence, and strengthens our institution by increasing talent, encouraging creativity, and ensuring a broader perspective. - Diversity helps position Baylor to reduce disparities in health and healthcare access and to better address the needs of the community we serve. - Baylor is committed to recruiting and retaining outstanding students, trainees, faculty and staff from diverse backgrounds by providing a welcoming, supportive learning environment for all members of the Baylor community.
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