Single Cell Biologist

This single cell biologist supports research at the Center for Alzheimer's and Related Dementias by processing human tissue and cell lines, preparing sequencing libraries and analyzing data.

• Clean Equipment - Daily

• Run Validation - Daily

• Inspect Equipment - Weekly

• Meet with lab members to present updates - Bi-Weekly

• Monitor operational procedures in technical environments to ensure conformance to standards - 1
• Record research or operational data - 2
• Interpret research or operational data - 3
• Program and use computers to store, process, and analyze data - 4
• Operate laboratory equipment to analyze samples - 5

• Provides technical experience needed to assist in studying the basic principles of plant and animal life

• Plan and administer biological research programs

• Study basic principles of plant and animal life, such as origin, relationship, development, anatomy, and function

• Develop and maintain liaisons and effective working relations with groups and individuals, agencies, and the public to encourage cooperative management strategies or to develop information and interpret findings

• Assists with performing basic laboratory experiments and procedures

• Collect and analyze biological data about relationships among and between organisms and their environment

• Monitor and observe experiments, recording production and test data for evaluation by research personnel

• Analyze experimental data and interpret results to write reports and summaries of findings

• Coordinate the work of biological technicians and technologists and other scientists

• Prepares, organizes and maintains various lab samples, supplies, and equipment

• Operate, calibrate, or maintain equipment used in quantitative or qualitative analysis, such as spectrophotometers, calorimeters, flame photometers, or computer-controlled analyzers

• Maintain laboratory equipment

• Analyze laboratory findings

• Learns new laboratory techniques and procedures

• Good Laboratory Practices (GLP)

• Genetics

• Neuroscience

• Molecular Biology

• Outlook

• Seurat

• R

• Excel

• Google Drive

• PowerPoint

• QC testing

• Planning and optimizing experiments

• Sequencing samples

• Library Prep