Department/Unit:

General Surgery

Work Shift:

Day (United States of America)

Salary Range:

$40,495.10 - $52,643.64

Research Technician – Albany Med-Albany location
The Longmate Lab is seeking a motivated research technician to join our group! This individual will work on research projects related to the lab’s skin/wound healing research with a primary focus on understanding how the role for adhesion receptors, called integrins, change with age.

Job Description/responsibilities Research Technician

Job Description

Perform routine procedures and experiments to address research questions under the guidance of senior researchers or principal investigator.  Maintain cell cultures, prepare culture media, chemicals, reagents, and solutions.Routine maintenance of a mouse colony and performing mouse experiments.Compile and document experimental results.Confer with principal investigator to review work assignments and plans for research experiments, make minor modifications to existing laboratory procedures and techniques to meet the needs of the experiment as required.Review laboratory methods, manual and/or scientific literature for information that allows one to perform and troubleshoot a research technique or experiment.Set up instruments, material and apparatus and operate laboratory equipment required for specific tests. Clean and properly maintain laboratory equipment.Maintain sufficient inventory of appropriate material, supplies and equipment required for laboratory operations.

Applicants should have the following:

B.S., B.A., or equivalent degree required.Background in biology, biochemistry, or immunology preferred.

About Albany Medical Center Hospital:

Albany Medical Center: Northeastern New York's Only Academic Medical CenterAlbany Medical Center is the centerpiece of medicine, research, and medical education and one of the area's largest private employers. We are like no other health care provider in our region, providing our community with the highest level of patient care across disciplines, while receiving regional, national and international recognition for high standards in patient care, education and biomedical research.The anchor of the Albany Med Health System, Albany Medical Center has a 766-bed hospital, which offers the widest range of medical and surgical services in the region. Albany Medical College, which trains the next generation of doctors, scientists and other health care professionals. The College includes a biomedical research enterprise and the region’s largest physician practice with more than 500 doctors.Our Service Area: As the only academic medical center within a 150-mile radius, we are committed to patient care, medical education, and biomedical research, ensuring access to medical and technological innovations for the region's three million people.

Thank you for your interest in Albany Medical Center!​

Albany Medical is an equal opportunity employer.

This role may require access to information considered sensitive to Albany Medical Center, its patients, affiliates, and partners, including but not limited to HIPAA Protected Health Information and other information regulated by Federal and New York State statutes. Workforce members are expected to ensure that:

Access to information is based on a “need to know” and is the minimum necessary to properly perform assigned duties. Use or disclosure shall not exceed the minimum amount of information needed to accomplish an intended purpose. Reasonable efforts, consistent with Albany Med Center policies and standards, shall be made to ensure that information is adequately protected from unauthorized access and modification.