Staff Associate II

The Staff Associate II will support the operations of the Columbia Stem Cell Initiative Flow Cytometry core, which works with over 600 users from 200 labs. The candidate will contribute to research by operating complex equipment for experiments, training users, providing experimental design consultations, maintaining equipment, troubleshooting experiments and equipment, communicating with researchers, performing routine lab maintenance.

Responsibilities:

Functional Knowledge

Operate and maintain complex research instrumentation 10%,

Participate in research by assisting users to designe xperiments. 20%,

Train users on intricacies of instrumentation to ensure experimental success. 10%

Problem Solving

Troubleshooting problems with instrumentation. 5%

Troubleshooting users' experiments on the instruments. 5%

Troubleshooting data analysis. 5%

Decision Making/Autonomy

Collaboratively make decisions about instrument settings and parameters to ensure experimental success. 5%,

Collaboratively make decisions about instrument performance to ensure instrument issues are addressed. 5%

Technical Expertise

Perform experiments on the instrumentation. 10%,

Troubleshoot issues on instrument. 10%,

Assist researchers to design and troubleshoot experiments. 5%

Communication

Communicate with researchers about technical topics;communicating with researchers about group training sessions. 10%

Bachelor's degree

At least 3 years hands-on flow cytometry experience. Understanding of essential concepts of cell and molecular biology.

4 years of experience are recommended

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Columbia University is an Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran

Pay Transparency Disclosure

The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to departmental budgets, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, and training. The above hiring range represents the University's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.