Research Support Job Description
Research Support Duties & Responsibilities
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Research Support Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Research Support
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: AALAS, CRN, CRC, HEPA, BSC, IDRC, RBL/BSL-3, FMP, IFMA, CITI
Education for Research Support
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the research support job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Education, Psychology, Biology, Communication, Science, Technical, Spanish, Management, Health, Business
Skills for Research Support
Desired skills for research support include:
Desired experience for research support includes:
Research Support Examples
Research Support Job Description
- Maintain cage washing areas and other assigned work areas (central hallways, storage rooms, ) in an organized and sanitary manner
- Maintains inventory of chemicals and accessories for all applicable equipment
- Alerts supervisory personnel in a timely manner of impending shortages and reorder amounts
- Assists in unloading, storage, and stocking supplies, including lab coats
- Troubleshoots potential equipment failures and notifies supervisory personnel of potential equipment malfunctions within an acceptable time frame
- Assists in minor repairs and/or alerts supervisory personnel of equipment malfunction at the time of observation
- Individual must display good communication skills, a high degree of self- motivation and work well independently team member with minimal supervision
- Identify current health problems of subjects, manage current contact information including home address, phones, for scheduling timely home visits.Assist with neurodevelopmental screening and follow-up data collection for research studies
- Score survey sheets, perform data entry, and perform data cleaning procedures
- Perform general office duties (faxing, photocopying, filing)
- Six months of appropriate experience or training
- Demonstrate effective organizational, oral, and written communication skills
- Perform duties in accordance with department policies/procedures such as bottle filler, floor scrubber, rack and/or tunnel washer
- Computer and machine skills such as Autoclave and pH meter
- Ability to stand, walk, lift, carry, push, pull, climb, balance, kneel, crouch, crawl, reach, handle, finger, talk, hear, and see
- Ability to frequently lift/carry objects up to 50 pounds
Research Support Job Description
- Maintain current knowledge of electronic proposal submission processes for all types of grants
- Oversee HCCC Seed Grant Programs supported by the National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Center Institute (NIH/NCI) Cancer Center Grant, ACS Institutional Grant and other programs as developed by the HCCC, including publicity, correspondence, program announcements, evaluation and awards
- Oversee all aspects of grant related newsletters
- Prepare reports to University Institutional Review Board (IRB-01) and for Animal Care and Use (ACURF)
- Coordinate and perform annual space reporting and scientific equipment inventory required by Central Administration
- Conduct special studies, prepare specialized reports for the HCCC, scientific advances, population tracking to submit to NCI, and formulate recommendations for the Director of the HCCC
- Research worker will be responsible for lab and greenhouse work including tissue sampling, DNA extraction, PCR, gel electrophoresis, plasmid DNA minipreps
- This position will require working on carbon capture from ocean water
- They will assist in work that is being done on nucleation and growth kinetics for CO2 to carbonate species
- Process astronomical data to measure the colors of select solar system objects
- MS in Agronomy or related biology field with 0-2 year of agricultural research experience
- General knowledge and experience of crop production and farming practices
- Detail oriented with the ability to achieve deadlines consistently
- Basic computer operation and strong emphasis to data acquisition and management is a plus
- Basic English written and verbal skills are a plus too
- Must not have criminal records
Research Support Job Description
- Hand picking corn
- Tissue sampling corn plants in field
- Corn pollinating in corn fields
- Some lab work associated with agriculture research
- Greenhouse operations
- Process and accurately assign LENA recording files within LENA software, database, and TMW Web Platform
- Regularly export and monitor data to ensure no data are missing
- Assist faculty, staff and students with preparation and submission of proposals
- Coordinate and perform the annual space reporting and scientific equipment inventory required by Central Administration
- Coordinate all aspects of annual grant related retreats, including monitoring and documenting attendance, venue, catering hotel accommodations, presentations, networking
- Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 2 years of work experience in the biological sciences, molecular biology, computer science, plant physiology, or related field is required
- Knowledge of experimental design is beneficial
- Knowledge of molecular biology is required
- Must be comfortable with learning new computer programs and proficient in execution
- This position requires ability to work on weekends and holidays on a rotating schedule
- Excellent communication skills, a high degree of self-motivation, possess a positive attitude and work well independently team member with minimal supervision
Research Support Job Description
- Assessment of recombinant protein vaccine antigens in small animal biological assays
- Assessment and characterization of immunotherapeutic molecules in both in vitro and in vivo models
- Produce and characterize challenge toxins from strains expressing toxin variants not commercially available for use in vaccine challenge studies
- Characterize new Clostridium botulinum strains as to morphological, biophysical, and genetic characterizations
- Prepare animal protocols, standard operating procedures, and other documentation necessary to conduct assigned experiments
- Assist in the preparation of statements of work, annual reports and manuscripts related to their research and assigned tasks
- Will provide laboratory support with laboratory experiments in BSL-2/3 CDC registered laboratories and thus must hold and maintain BPRP status
- Assist in the initial definition of the problem statement and data requirements
- Assist in the creation of measurement systems to track project success and goal attainment
- Perform extensive analysis of the problem and outline possible solutions
- Ability to effectively communicate observations
- Interest in CO2 capture technology research
- Knowledge of basic materials science/chemistry/physics principles governing CO2 capture
- Knowledge of nucleation and growth kinetics for CO2 to carbonate species
- Previous undergraduate research experience
- Knowledge of data management and plotting tools (Microsoft Excel, Origin)
Research Support Job Description
- Create sustainable control plans for improvement efforts
- Participate in the approval of project closure and formal transition to the process owners
- Complete other assigned work as necessary
- Key contributor in the process of improvement engineering activities within a cross-functional design team
- Consult with subject-matter experts to develop potential business and technology solutions
- Establish and maintain relationships throughout the enterprise with division associates, manufacturing, vendors, logistics and store-level personnel to understand, document and define business strategies and processes (current and future state)
- Incumbent will be required to set-up and perform experiments related to the lab funding in central nervous system research
- Assist with survival surgeries and post-operative animal care on adult rodents (e.g., craniotomy/intracerebral injections, laminectomy/spinal cord transection and contusion)
- Set-up and perform biochemical assays (e.g., Western Blot, RT-PCR, protein and RNA quantification)
- Assist with lab maintenance including equipment maintenance and ordering of supplies as needed
- Knowledge of astronomical data processing and numerical simulation
- Works well independently team member with minimal supervision
- Experience working with computer programs or applications specific to grant submissions
- BS with 7 years' experience or MS with 2 years' experience
- Bachelor’s Degree, BA/BS degree in Engineering/Sciences/Quantitative discipline or equivalent
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience with data collection and analysis