Research Teaching Specialist IV

Job Category Staff & Executive
- Research (Laboratory/Non-Laboratory)

Department

Department RWJ
- Pharmacology

Overview

New Jersey's academic health center, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences ( RBHS ) takes an integrated approach to educating students, providing clinical care, and conducting research, all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers University-New Brunswick and collaborating university wide, RBHS includes eight schools, a behavioral health network, and five centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, advanced biotechnology and medicine, environmental and occupational health, and health care policy and aging research.

Our faculty are teachers, clinicians, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health careers.

Our clinical and academic facilities are located throughout the state—at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, including Piscataway; and at locations in Newark, Scotch Plains, Somerset, Stratford, and other locations. Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, Newark's University Hospital in Newark, and other affiliates.

Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives.

Posting Summary

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Research Teaching Specialist IV for the department of Pharmacology at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

Under the direction of the Principal Investigator, Research Teaching Specialist IV will conduct specialized research in both Chlamydia biology and mouse models. The candidate will perform independent research to culture and purify chlamydia, construct Chlamydia mutants, analyze their gene expression profiles and growth and developmental properties, and characterize their immunogenic properties. The candidate will also assist with the coordination / management of the laboratory.

Among the key duties of this position are the following:

• Designs and performs various research/technical operations to culture and purify the obligate intracellular bacterium Chlamydia, construct Chlamydia mutants, analyze their gene expression profiles and growth and developmental properties, perform intravaginal and transcervical chlamydial infection in mice, and determine mouse immune responses to the mutants.
• Assists in the establishment of performance standards, as well as in the selection of methodology and instrumentation.
• Assists in conducting a continuous program of research and development. Evaluates existing procedures and proposes modifications or changes in order to keep the methodology and procedures current.
• Trains graduate and undergraduate students to perform advanced experimental procedures.
• Keeps detailed records of procedures and experiments.
• Submits purchase recommendations to supervisor of equipment and supplies.
• Assists the Principal Investigator with the preparation of grant applications.

FLSA

FLSA Exempt

Grade

Grade 19S

Salary Details

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Offer Information

The final salary offer may be determined by several factors, including, but not limited to, the candidate’s qualifications, experience, and expertise, and availability of department or grant funds to support the position. We also take into consideration market benchmarks, if and when appropriate, and internal equity to ensure fair compensation relative to the university’s broader compensation structure. We are…