Job Description
Join the transformative team at City of Hope , where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope's growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. Our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today A Research Associate I position is available in the Williams Lab led by Dr. Terence Williams in the Department of Radiation Oncology. Under the general supervision of Dr. Williams, the Research Associate I will serve in the role of a lab manager and support a wide range of routine research activities. Responsibilities include maintaining and manipulating cell lines and organoids in tissue culture; processing cancer patient research specimens and conducting experiments using them; and performing standard procedures on laboratory animals, including surgical techniques and drug administration. The role also involves carrying out planned research tasks using observational, measurement, and analytical methods; collecting tissue and culture samples; organizing experimental results and preparing reports; and managing inventory and supply lists. Additional duties include assisting with specimen or data collection for research projects or demonstrations; cleaning and maintaining glassware and laboratory instruments; performing routine clerical tasks to ensure adequate laboratory supplies; ordering laboratory and office materials, including liquid nitrogen, and receiving deliveries. The Research Associate I will also attend lab manager meetings when notified and communicate key updates to the laboratory and the principal investigator. As a successful candidate, you will: