Research Lab Manager

Neurotechnology Lab Manager

Manages daily operations of a new academic neurotechnology lab focused on targeting brain stimulation technologies using functional neuroimaging for therapeutics in mental health. At first this will include learning the day-to-day procedures of the lab, and eventually will include managing a growing team of research assistants. This will also involve assisting the Principal Investigator (PI) with organizational/regulatory tasks, including IRB proposals, funding applications, project management, staff management, and time management.

Tasks include recruiting participants for research studies, administering transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) treatments in clinical trials, administering behavioral phenotyping to participants with intracranial implants, processing neuroimaging data using computational pipelines on high-performance computing infrastructure, and maintaining regulatory compliance. The lab manager additionally monitors lab performance, analyzes and reviews results, and supervises development and implementation of new protocols. Assigns work and supervises lab personnel and reviews technical operations ensuring that all processes, protocols and procedures are quality controlled and functioning up to standards.

Develops implements and administers budgets, grant and administrative procedures. Co-authors scientific papers for presentation and publication and coordinates writing, submission and administration of grants.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Manages technical operations of a lab involved in scientific research activities.
• In consultation with Principal Investigator (PI) organizes and plans studies ensuring those project objectives are attained.
• Oversees and guides lab staff in review of results and recommendation of changes to protocols to improve validity and accuracy.
• Conducts more complex experiments and analysis.
• Using an advanced level of skill, completes the following activities:
  Molecular Biology: DNA, RNA, Protein isolation, purification and expression Southern, Northern, Western blotting PCR, RT-PCR Plasmid preparation Cloning, mapping and sequencing of DNA Recombinant virus production and purification Immunology:
  Flow cytometry ELISA, Elispot assay Cytokine assay Antibody production and purification Cellular Biology:
  Cell culture, cell isolation Functional studies Transfection Histology:
  Tissue fixation/processing: embedding, preparation of blocks and sectioning, staining Immunohistochemistry Microscopy Animal:
  Husbandry Breeding and screening transgenic mice Dissections Blood collection Surgical procedures Database management of colony Other (please specify):
  Transcranial magnetic stimulation Behavioral phenotyping Neuroimaging analysis Administration Oversees and manages collection, maintenance, analysis and evaluation of data that will be used in grant submissions, presentations and publications. Ensures that information is entered correctly into databases. Assists PI in reviewing, analyzing, interpreting, summarizing, formatting, editing, and preparing tables, charts, graphs, progress and final reports, etc. Coordinates between sponsoring agencies, collaboration organizations and/or other research and/or educational institutions.
  
  Ensures research regulations are adhered to, IRB and ACUC approvals in place, material transfer agreements properly executed, and that radiation and lab safety requirements are up to date and implemented. Finance Manages lab budget and inventory including purchasing of supplies and services ensuring that they are necessary, reasonable and project related. Orders and maintains inventory of lab supplies, chemicals, equipment and instrumentation and may distribute intra-departmental charges.
  
  Negotiates with vendors, obtain quotes and arrange for demos of large equipment. Supervision Trains, directs, assigns duties to & supervises lab EEs, students, residents &/or fellows. Provides instruction to lab users on technically complex procedures, equipment & instruments. Typically manages a lab budget of $1,000,000-$3,000,000; 1,000 - 3,000 nasf of space & supervises 5-15 lab members. Miscellaneous Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree in a scientific major or related; OR appropriate combination of education and experience and 6 years' lab/bench or other relevant experience required; OR Successful completion of a full course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a master's or higher degree in a scientific major or related;

OR appropriate combination of education and experience and 4 years' lab/bench or other relevant experience. Supervisory or project management experience required. Experience with clinical research

Minimum

Competencies:

(Skills, knowledge, and abilities.) Project management skills Strong interpersonal skills, comfortable interacting with patients with…