Summary

Research Assistant II position is available at the Center for Advanced Innate Cell Therapy within the Texas Children’s Cancer Center. This position will be part of an interdisciplinary team of laboratory and clinical investigators developing novel forms of cancer immunotherapy. The Research Assistant II will assist with blood and tissue sample processing and will perform flow cytometry immunophenotyping and functional analyses of immune effector cells. We offer outstanding state-of-the-art, recently expanded laboratory facilities and a highly interactive work environment.

Job Duties

• Designs and plans experiments.
• Processes peripheral blood, isolates mononuclear cells and specific cell subsets.
• Performs numeric expansion of lymphocytes in culture.
• Performs mouse experiments with supervision.
• Performs retroviral transduction of cultured cells.
• Performs immunoflourescent staining and runs flow cytometry analysis.
• Analyses flow cytometry data using FlowJo and DIVA software.
• Documents results of experiments and reports to Principal Investigators.
• Trains and orients less experienced research staff.
• Defines problems and possible solutions.
• Oversees the maintenance of lab equipment including a flow cytometer.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a Basic Science or a related field. 
• Three years of relevant experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in a basic science, cell biology or a related field.
• Three years of hands-on experience with multi-color flow cytometry.
• Experience working with mice preferred.