Work Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Onsite or Remote
Fully On-Site
Work Schedule
Monday-Friday 8am-5pm; hours may vary.
Posted Date
03/13/2026
Salary Range $28.69 - 34.21 Hourly
Employment Type
4 - Staff: Limited
Duration
12 months
Job #
29235
Work as a full-time Staff Research Associate I in a cutting-edge urologic oncology research laboratory that focuses on understanding the pathogenesis of treatment resistance prostate cancers. Their group is developing and validating an organoid-based model system that converts patient derived benign prostate cells into malignant prostate cells to characterize the neuroendocrine phenotype.
More specifically, you will perform both basic and complex molecular biology techniques and protocols including cell and tissue culture, RNA/DNA extraction from cells and tumor specimens and preparing for downstream analysis in core facilities on campus (genomics, transcriptomics). You will also help more senior lab members with animal experiments, lentiviral passaging, specimen processing and prostate-specific organoid development.
Hourly Salary Range: $28.69 - $34.21. Please note the department’s target hourly pay is $28.69.
This is a full-time, limited, 1-year appointment that may convert to career.
Required:
· Skill in routine molecular and cellular biology techniques with and without laboratory equipment.
· Ability to communicate effectively on a one-to-one basis sufficiently to convey experimental results to principal investigators.
· Ability to take direction as well as to work independently
· Ability to follow direction and follow the appropriate steps according to protocols
· Writing skills and ability sufficient to fully and accurately document all lab work in a notebook according to lab standards.
· Ability to analyze research data and prepare clear, concise and accurate technical reports
· Interpersonal skill to interact and collaborate effectively with scientist co-workers, graduate students and faculty
· Ability to organize raw data into relevant formats
· Ability to create and maintain accurate inventories of various items.
· Reading and computer skills sufficient to understand specific protocols and relevant journal articles, and to perform data entry
· Experience working with regulatory approvals and documentation
· Experience and ability with cell and tissue culture methods
As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.
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