The Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at UCLA, focusing on lung injury, infection, and inflammation, is seeking a Staff Research Associate II to study how innate immune responses, such as the complement system, affect the severity of injury at mucosal surfaces like the lung. The role involves conducting various molecular biology procedures, working with both mouse and human biospecimens. Mouse experiments include handling, treating, imaging, drug administration, and postmortem tissue analysis using techniques like immunohistochemistry, immunofluorescence, and flow cytometry. This role will involve work with human biospecimens as well as handling lung tissue and bronchoalveolar lavage specimens. Routine molecular biology tasks include PCR and tissue culture using mammalian cell systems, such as cell expansion, screening, freezing/thawing, and lentivirus production. The role also requires maintaining the mouse colony, laboratory records, and equipment, as well as placing and receiving orders, ensuring lab cleanliness, following safety protocols, and training students and new lab members. 

Hourly range: $28.88-$46.46