Job Description

Position Summary:

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Research Scientist to join our Gastrointestinal Cancer Center. The successful candidate will collaborate closely with the Principal Investigator and independently drive research projects within the scientific framework of the PI's laboratory and the broader gastrointestinal cancer center research program.

Job Responsibilities:

• Initiates, interprets, organizes, executes, and coordinates research assignments critical to the mission of the Gastrointestinal Cancer Center.
• Formulates and conducts research on problems of considerable scope and complexity.
• Explores subject area and defines scope and selection of problems for investigation through conceptually related studies or series of projects of lesser scope.
• Makes decisions and recommendations that have a major impact on extensive scientific research activities.
• Develops new ideas that promote current research. Exercises a high degree of creativity, foresight, and mature judgment in planning, organizing, and guiding extensive scientific research programs and activities of outstanding novelty and/or importance.
• May manage the operations of a lab for the Principal Investigator by supervising Post Docs and technicians.
• Ensures timely and accurate completion of research projects.
• May provide students with technical guidance and direction in the operation of various sample preparation techniques, extraction lines, and equipment as well as general laboratory practices and safety protocols.
• May seek grant funding from external sources in support of their independent research projects with consent of the PI and the Department Chair. May participate in writing grant and sponsored research proposals.
• May be responsible research/lab quality control and compliance.
• May develop protocol for the collection and quality of research data.
• Develops research techniques and methodologies.
• May determine and establish laboratory policies, procedures and practices.
• Maintains a thorough knowledge of the advances in specialized fields through attendance of scientific conferences.
• May make significant contributions to scientific papers. Is a resource/author/co-author for reports and presentations.
• May provide recommendations for equipment purchases and for the redesign of lab space.
• May coordinate the activity and experimental design between various labs, scientific staff, and collaborators. Identifies and resolves technical problems.
• May serve on internal committees to help further goals of research projects and bring new expertise to the research program.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Additional Position Specific Responsibilities:

Demonstrated experience and technical proficiency with in vivo animal studies, including establishing and maintaining patient-derived xenograft (PDX) models, as well as developing, optimizing, and applying organoid culture systems to support translational cancer research.

Minimum Qualifications:

To qualify you must have a PhD and 3 years of experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

Substantial experience from having completed Post Doc training. Established a record of publications.

Qualified candidates must be able to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.

NYU Langone Health provides a salary range to comply with the New York state Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $65,000.00 - $100,000.00 Annually. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, specialty, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.

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