Senior Research Associate - Integrative Biology & Pharmacology

Senior Research Associate - Integrative Biology & Pharmacology

Location: Texas Medical Center-Houston, Texas

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Category: Research

McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

Requisition #: 230000BW

What we do here changes the world. UTHealth Houston is Texas’ resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That’s where you come in.

Once you join us you wont want to leave. It’s because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you’d expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus:

• 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees

• Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time – all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year)

• The longer you stay, the more vacation you’ll accrue!

• Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)

• Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan!

We take care of our employees! As a world-renowned institution, our employees’ wellbeing is important to us. We offer work/life services such as…

• Free financial and legal counseling

• Free mental health counseling services

• Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs

• Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc.

• Resources for child and elder care

• Plus many more!

Position Summary:

Provides project management for research projects of considerable scope and complexity. Decisions impact the success of the research project(s).

Integrative Biology & Pharmacology located in the Texas Medical Center is seeking to fill one position available to Study Epitranscriptional Regulation of Gene Expression in Cancer. We are looking for someone who can carry an independent research project and supervise other lab members in their research investigations. The applicant should be motivated, have good organizational and technical skills, the ability to work well in a team and demonstrate a lively interest in biological questions.

The position will be part of an exciting and stimulating research environment, working closely with an interdisciplinary team of researchers within the renowned Texas Medical Center (TMC). Research focuses on studying how cancer cells synthesize a specialized translation machinery that selectively produce a proteome supporting cellular transformation and tumor development. Projects in the lab involves elucidating how tRNAs and ribosomal RNA (rRNA) modifications dynamically control the capacity, efficiency and accuracy of mRNA translation. We utilize a wide array of biochemical, cellular, computational and in vivo approaches to identify pathways and novel key players involved in regulating RNA modifications in order to understand how they influence translation during breast cancer progression.

Additional Responsibilities:

1. Provides project management for a wide variety of research experiments, including personnel, facilities, animals, supplies, etc., in support of research project desired outcomes, budgets and timelines.

2. Plans methods and procedures for collection of data to provide information needed.

3. May conduct experiments using sophisticated equipment and applies complex techniques, methods, and procedures.

4. Evaluates and interprets data and provides results to investigators to support publication.

5. Assists in the preparation and writing of research reports, manuscripts, papers and grant proposals for presentation and publication.

6. Prepares communications of research results for the public and/or funding organizations.

7. Provides direction and training to personnel to ensure efficient, timely and high quality results in compliance with all protocols, guidelines, regulations, etc.

8. May mentor fellows, graduate students and others as appropriate in support of the Universitys mission.

9. Maintains quality control checks and a safe environment in compliance with all governmental and University policies, rules, regulation and codes.

10. Performs other duties as assigned.

CERTIFICATIONS/SKILLS:

The candidate should have a strong background in molecular biology/biochemistry and cancer biology. The candidate must demonstrate initiative and the capacity to conduct independent research. Excellent communication and organizational skills are required.

Certification/Skills:

Considerable knowledge in basic and sophisticated equipment.

Minimum Education:

Bachelor’s degree in related field with four (4) years of related research experience including significant experience in a project management research role; or

Master’s degree in related field with two (2) years of related research experience including significant experience in a project management research role; or

Doctorate degree.

Minimum Experience:

Years of experience varies based on education level.

Physical Requirements:

Exerts up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds frequently and/or a negligible amount constantly to move objects. This position may include work involving potentially hazardous chemical, biological or radioactive agents.

Security Sensitive:

This job class may contain positions that are security sensitive and thereby subject to the provisions of Texas Education Code § 51.215

Residency Requirement:

Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.

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University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth)

Established in 1972 by The University of Texas System Board of Regents, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) is Houston’s Health University and Texas’ resource for health care education, innovation, scientific discovery and excellence in patient care. The most comprehensive academic health center in the UT System and the U.S. Gulf Coast region, UTHealth Houston is home to schools of biomedical informatics, biomedical sciences, dentistry, nursing and public health and the John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School. UTHealth Houston includes The University of Texas Harris County Psychiatric Center, as well as the growing clinical practices UT Physicians, UT Dentists and UT Health Services. The university’s primary teaching hospitals are Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital and Harris Health Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital.

UTHealth Benefits

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Work location is based on the needs of the department and may be adjusted.