Full time, Full Time
UVA Health System
Charlottesville, VA, USA
The Brayman Lab in the Department of Surgery at the University of Virginia is seeking a Laboratory Specialist. The duties of this position include but are not limited to, performing/assisting with studies investigating underlying mechanisms of type 1 diabetes and recurrence of diabetes in various murine models of diabetes as well as assisting with human pancreatic islet isolations in the new GMP islet isolation facility. Research responsibilities include working with mice, mouse islet isolation and transplantation, collection of mouse tissue and blood for proteomic studies, measuring blood glucose levels, flow cytometry, protein (e.g. Immunoglobulin M) purification & chromatography, immunoassays, tissue culture, electrophoresis and western blot, ELISA’s, DNA and RNA extractions and in vitro and in vivo experiments related to ongoing studies. Procedures and protocols will be taught to the selected candidate, although experience is a plus. Especially experience with...