We are thrilled to be hiring a Laboratory Coordinator for the new Cal Poly Humboldt-CIRM Shared Resource Laboratory for Human Stem Cell-Based Modeling (Humboldt-CIRM SRL-hSC). As one of the 11 new California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) Shared Resources Laboratories, the facility will offer disease modeling resources and educational offerings to researchers, educators, students, medical professionals and the communities of our rural and remote geographic area.

Responsibilities

The Humboldt-CIRM Laboratory Coordinator will be responsible for:

• Laboratory oversight and accordance to standard operating procedures
• Culture and characterization of pluripotent cell lines and organoid cultures 
• Preparing cell cultures and other laboratory materials for the educational offerings of the facility
• Providing technical support for regional researchers. 
• Implementation and oversight of SOPs, equipment oversight, researcher access procedures and a data storage management plans
• Derivation, maintenance, and characterization of induced pluripotent cells

Qualifications

A successful candidate will have at least two years of professional laboratory research experience that includes

• Subculture, maintenance, and banking of eukaryotic cell lines
• Direct experience generating publication quality data utilizing fluorescence microscopy, nucleofection, CRISPR, flow cytometry/cell sorting, and/or bioprinting
• Experience conducting biomedical research utilizing standard operating procedures (SOPs) designed to comply with best laboratory practices as well as SCRO, IRB, and IP protocols 
• Experience training others in biomedical research utilizing standard operating procedures (SOPs) designed to comply with best laboratory practices and regulatory compliance (i.e. SCRO, IRB, IP and/or  HIPPA).
• Scientific record keeping, data management and storage
• Evidence of the ability to implement, trouble shoot, and optimize new laboratory protocols

A M.S. degree or higher in a related field is preferred.