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Technical Associate II, Griffith Lab

Job Number: 23941
Functional Area: Research - Engineering
Department: Department of Biological Engineering
School Area: Engineering

Employment Type: Full-Time
Employment Category: Exempt
Visa Sponsorship Available: No
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Job Description

TECHNICAL ASSOCIATE II, Biological Engineering (BE), to join a team in the laboratory of Dr. Linda Griffith, for a “Humanizing Biomedical Research” collaboration with several academic and industry partners. The lab built internationally recognized human “organs on chips” platforms (microphysiological systems) to model human diseases in the lab, including liver, gastrointestinal, gynecologic, and chronic infection. A major emphasis of its current work is incorporation of immunological features and translation into the commercial space with industry partners. Seek a self-motivated person whose position’s primary responsibility is to provide technical support to a diverse team of students and postdocs who are developing 3D tissue models for humanizing drug development and integration of tissue structures (especially liver) into microfluidic organs-on-chips.

A full description is available here.

Job Requirements

REQUIRED: B.S. in bioengineering, biomedical engineering, chemical engineering, or related discipline; four years’ experience working in academic research or industry in a tissue engineering or biology lab (may include undergraduate experience); six months’ experience with primary human hepatocytes, liver non-parenchymal, endothelial, immune cell culture, and mammalian cell culture, including primary hepatocytes and gut cells; experience with hydrogel preparation, cell encapsulation and membrane bioreactor operation for liver and gut cell culture; attention to detail; excellent record-keeping, organizational, time-management, planning, problem-solving, interpersonal, writing, and communication skills; initiative; ability to multitask, work collaboratively, and perform some independent research; and proficiency with Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. PREFERRED: master’s degree; experience with biochemical assays of hepatocyte function, basic biology laboratory methods (e.g., aseptic technique, mammalian cell culture, immunoassays, DNA and RNA isolation, colorimetric plate readers, microscopy, ELISAs, spectrophotometers), and other standard analytical equipment. Job #23941

Experimental protocols may require working occasional weekend hours.

revised 5/23/24