Job Description:

Location:LOC_ABRAMSON-Abramson Building

Req ID:97661

Shift: Days

Employment Status:Regular - Full Time

Job Summary

The Krishnaswamy Lab is seeking to fill afull-time research tech position. The Krishnaswamy Labstudies molecular mechanisms of blood coagulation- alsoinvestigates how the proteins of blood coagulation interact with each other and membranes to yield a regulated clotting response to vascular injury or an unregulated response in thrombotic or bleeding disease.



A regulated blood coagulation response to vascular injury is essential for life. Excessive bleeding is associated with a range of genetic or acquired conditions that impair the clotting response. Thrombotic diseases result from an exuberant or dysregulated clotting. Together, diseases associated with excessive clotting or bleeding represent one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in the developed world.

To learn more about the labhttps://www.research.chop.edu/krishnaswamy-laboratory

Job Responsibilities

• Performs routine tests under the direction of principal investigator or supervisor


• Performs research procedures on experimental samples as directed


• Records and checks results for completeness and accuracy


• Performs calculations and maintains appropriate log and lab notebooks


• Performs tasks that require familiarity with fundamental techniques and equipment


• Assists with planning specific research protocols and procedures


• Maintains office, lab area, reagents, supplies and equipment


• Cleans and performs routine maintenance on lab equipment


• Coordinates schedules of tests & procedures


• Attends courses, seminars, and lab meetings to expand knowledge of research and laboratory techniques


• Records results, organizes data and maintains lab notebook in an organized manner


• Conducts literary searches as directed

Required Licenses, Certifications, Registrations

None

Required Education and Experience

Required Education: Associates Degree

Required Experience: Nine (9) months of laboratory experience

Preferred Education, Experience & Cert/Lic

Preferred Education: Bachelor's Degree

Preferred Experience:

• Eighteen (18) months of laboratory experience


• Related internship experience.

Additional Technical Requirements

All CHOP employees who work in a patient building or who provide patient care are required to receive an annual influenza vaccine unless they are granted a medical or religious exemption.

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for its patients, family members, visitors and employees. In an effort to achieve this goal, employment at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, other than for positions with regularly scheduled hours in New Jersey, is contingent upon an attestation that the job applicant does not use tobacco products.

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, religion, national or ethnic origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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