Research Lab Specialist Assoc

Mission Statement

Michigan Medicine improves the health of patients, populations and communities through excellence in education, patient care, community service, research and technology development, and through leadership activities in Michigan, nationally and internationally. Our mission is guided by our Strategic Principles and has three critical components; patient care, education and research that together enhance our contribution to society.

Job Summary

The Pennathur Lab in the Internal Medicine Department/Division of Nephrology is seeking a Research Lab Specialist to contribute to an NIH-funded Centers and associated faculty. Performing bioinformatics data analysis for Nutrition and Obesity Center and O'Brien Kidney Center.

Responsibilities*

• Candidate will perform computational analysis of metabolomics and lipidomics data and enable integration with other -omics data sets.
• Expertise with lipidomics data is particularly required.
• Skills for analysis of lipidomics software including Lipid explorer, data parsing, imputation, statistical analysis and data visualization tools are essential.
• The candidate should document proficiency as evidenced by publications in this area.
• Domain knowledge in renal disease and disorders related to nutrition and obesity is required.
• Training students and postdoctoral fellows who are new to metabolomics data integration.
• Has oversight for day-to-day operation of laboratory.
• Schedules and maintains records of equipment/facility.
• May supervise research support personnel.
• May assemble, test calibrate, clean or make minor repairs to equipment.

Required Qualifications*

• Bachelors degree
• 1-3 years of experience
• Candidate should be able to work with minimal supervision on data analysis, communicating with the metabolomics core personnel and with investigators and cater to their specific data needs

Desired Qualifications*

• Masters in Biology, Biochemistry, or closely related field preferred.
• 4-5 years of related experience preferred.

Why Join Michigan Medicine?

Michigan Medicine is one of the largest health care complexes in the world and has been the site of many groundbreaking medical and technological advancements since the opening of the U-M Medical School in 1850. Michigan Medicine is comprised of over 30,000 employees and our vision is to attract, inspire, and develop outstanding people in medicine, sciences, and healthcare to become one of the world's most distinguished academic health systems. In some way, great or small, every person here helps to advance this world-class institution. Work at Michigan Medicine and become a victor for the greater good.

What Benefits can you Look Forward to?

• Excellent medical, dental and vision coverage effective on your very first day
• 2:1 Match on retirement savings

Modes of Work

Positions that are eligible for hybrid or mobile/remote work mode are at the discretion of the hiring department. Work agreements are reviewed annually at a minimum and are subject to change at any time, and for any reason, throughout the course of employment. Learn more about the work modes .

Background Screening

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Application Deadline

Job openings are posted for a minimum of seven calendar days. The review and selection process may begin as early as the eighth day after posting. This opening may be removed from posting boards and filled any time after the minimum posting period has ended.

U-M EEO Statement

The University of Michigan is an equal employment opportunity employer.


U-M EEO Statement

The University of Michigan is an equal employment opportunity employer.


Job Detail

Job Opening ID

278165

Working Title

Research Lab Specialist Assoc

Job Title

Research Lab Specialist Assoc

Work Location

Ann Arbor Campus

Ann Arbor, MI

Modes of Work

Onsite


Full/Part Time

Full-Time

Regular/Temporary

Regular

FLSA Status

Exempt

Organizational Group

Medical School

Department

MM Int Med-Nephrology

Posting Begin/End Date

5/28/2026 - 6/04/2026

Career Interest

Research