Sr Research Lab Manager - (STA007518)

Supervises and coordinates the activities of personnel engaged in research and experimental testing. Maintains lab operations. May investigate complaints regarding lab services, equipment, and/or capabilities.Possesses, understands, and applies a comprehensive knowledge in area of specialization. Understands and uses effective management techniques.Duties: Manages the budgets and operations of two or more research laboratories. Assigns, checks, and monitors assignments of lab personnel. Oversees and participates in the creation of annual budgets. Identifies funding sources and applies for grants, as appropriate. Estimates personnel needs to obtain lab and research objectives. Conducts personnel evaluations, recommends hiring and terminations, and performs other management function.Supervision: Operates with considerable latitude for unreviewed action. Reviews and evaluates the effectiveness of personnel.

EEO/AA

Qualifications :

Bachelors and 7 years experience in adult stem cell cloning and drug discovery.

Bachelor's Degree with 7 years experience.

Notes to Applicant: Must understand and be able to apply comprehensive knowledge in stem cell biology and cancer biology in order to effectively manage two research laboratories focusing on adult stem cell cloning and drug discovery. In addition, the candidate must understand and use effective management techniques to manages the budgets and operations of two research laboratories. The candidate is expected to assign, check, and monitor assignments of lab personnel. Further, the candidate will oversee and participate in the creation of annual budgets, identify funding sources and applies for grants, as appropriate, estimate personnel need to obtain lab and research objectives, conducts personnel evaluations, recommends hiring terminations, and performs other management functions. In addition to lab management, the candidate is also expected to manage the day-to-day activities for research project(s) of considerable scope and complexity. S/he will engage in research into the cellular and molecular basis of the etiology, progression and recurrence of human esophageal and gastric cancers. In particular S/he will employ technology developed in the laboratory to clone stem cells from normal or cancerous epithelial tissues and will use a combination of genomic technologies, single-cell analysis, and cell biology to identify precancerous cells that are under early-stage of transformation or show resistance to standard-of-care chemotherapy and to identify drug candidates targeting these cells through high-throughput drug screens.