Position Overview and Responsibilities:
Serve as the first point of responsibility for routine laboratory operations, allowing the PI to spend substantially less time on ordering, mouse management, genotyping, organizational issues, and routine follow-up.
The primary expectation is to take ownership of appropriate day-to-day laboratory operations, identify needs proactively, and address routine issues without requiring repeated PI involvement.
Experimental and scientific support
- Manage the AXR confocal microscope, which is used by the entire CVB program.
- Perform experiments approximately 50–60% of the time.
- Work with the PI on technically demanding experiments and help establish new procedures.
- Assist postdocs with data organization, figure preparation, Methods/Results drafts, and manuscript preparation when appropriate.
Laboratory operations
- Ensure routine laboratory organization and responsibilities are coordinated and completed.
- Participate in ordering and maintenance of inventory, reagents, antibody/oligo lists, and shared protocols.
- Coordinate instrument scheduling and maintenance.
- Work collaboratively with laboratory members to coordinate projects, communication, and workflow.
- Serve as an emergency contact for the lab and help address urgent issues during weekends and holidays, with availability discussed in advance with the PI or other laboratory members.
- Help ensure laboratory compliance with institutional policies.
Mouse colony and compliance
- Participate in mouse colony management, breeding, genotyping, and coordination of experimental cohorts.
- Manage mouse import/export.
- Draft and maintain IACUC protocols, amendments, and related records.
- Help reduce the PI's routine involvement in colony management and genotyping.
Training and documentation
- Participate in training new laboratory personnel.
- Maintain important protocols, datasets, and experimental records.
- Promote cross-training so that essential techniques are not dependent on a single person.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in biological sciences, physics, chemistry, or a related field, plus a minimum of 8 years of relevant laboratory experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Advanced expertise in a specific scientific field with demonstrated ability to perform complex laboratory assignments accurately and effectively.
- Strong organizational, analytical, problem-solving, and multitasking skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively while developing and maintaining effective relationships with vendors, coworkers, scientific staff, and administrative personnel.
- Demonstrated initiative in developing and improving laboratory methods, procedures, and protocols to enhance efficiency.
- Strong ability to organize, interpret, and communicate complex scientific data and information.
- Ability to read and interpret complex protocols, procedures, instructions, and technical correspondence; perform complex mathematical calculations; and prepare technical reports and correspondence.
- Proficiency with computers and Internet-based research tools to obtain information, analyze data, and improve laboratory efficiency.
- Demonstrated leadership skills, including the ability to train, guide, and motivate staff and share knowledge and technical expertise.
- Ability to adapt to changing priorities, new methods, procedures, and instructions while maintaining professionalism and high ethical standards
Preferred Qualifications
- Demonstrated experience and success with histology strongly desired.
- Compliance experience especially with IACUC.
- Experience serving as a technical resource for research projects.
- Experience collaborating with other laboratories and technical advisors on experimental design and procedures.
- Experience assisting with the preparation of research findings for publication.
Work Hours:
- Work hours are typically Monday – Friday, 8:30am – 5pm.
OMRF Overview:
Founded in 1946, the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) is among the nation’s oldest, most respected independent, nonprofit biomedical research institutes. OMRF is dedicated to understanding and developing more effective treatments for human diseases, focusing on critical research areas such as Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, lupus, multiple sclerosis, and cardiovascular disease. OMRF follows an innovative cross-disciplinary approach to medical research and ranks among the nation’s leaders in patents per scientist.
Located in Oklahoma City, a city that offers a dynamic and flourishing downtown area, with low cost of living, short commute times and a diversified economy, OMRF has been voted one of the Top Workplaces since the inception of the award. This achievement has been accomplished thanks to OMRF individuals who share a unified understanding that our excellence can only be fully realized with a collective commitment to our mission, “. . . so that more may live longer, healthier lives.” Successful candidates will demonstrate commitment to this mission.
OMRF Benefits:
We offer competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits to full-time employees including medical, dental, and vision insurance, minimum 8% company retirement contribution, vacation and sick leave, and paid holidays. All employees have access to our onsite café, free onsite fitness center with access to personal trainer, free parking and much more! Relocation assistance available for those located 50 miles outside of Oklahoma City metro. Learn more about our benefits here.
OMRF is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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