Department of Commerce
NIST is seeking a Regenerative Medicine & Advanced Therapies Technician to maintain laboratory spaces, mammalian cell cultures, and cell banks under a limited supervision. In this role, you will conduct cell characterization assays, bioassays, and microscopy using advanced analytical instrumentation. Additional duties include drafting standard operating procedures (SOPs), managing measurement databases, and troubleshooting equipment while collaborating with a multidisciplinary team.
- In this position, you will: Cell Culture and Assay Operations: Maintain mammalian cell cultures and cell banks for the Regenerative Medicine Program under limited supervision. Perform cell characterization assays, bioassays, microscopy, and analytical protocols such as cell enumeration and viability methods. Laboratory Operations and Technical Troubleshooting: Manage and maintain laboratory spaces, advanced analytical instrumentation, equipment, and general supplies. Apply professional judgment and precedent to troubleshoot assays and resolve common instrumentation or equipment issues to ensure minimal downtime. Data Integrity, Documentation, and Cross-Functional Collaboration: Establish, document, and update standard operating procedures (SOPs) while maintaining measurement result databases to ensure data accuracy and timeliness. Interact and communicate effectively with a multidisciplinary team of biologists, engineers, statisticians, and computer scientists to facilitate protocol and reference material development.
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