Research Technician III

Research Technician III

The Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine Division is made of up approximately 70 clinical staff and over 100 research staff who work in a variety of locations including: Bridgeside Point, Biomedical Science Tower (BST), UPMC Hospitals including Presbyterian, Shadyside, East, Jameson and Mercy. The division provides world class services across 10 inpatient services at five hospitals and over 70,000 outpatient office visits. We have a major research mission that focuses on basic, clinical, and translational research on the lung, microbiome, COVID-19, sleep medicine, and allergy and immunology. Under the supervision of the Principal Investigator, the research technician is responsible for executing experiments within the Acute Lung Injury Center of Excellence focused on lung macrophage responses to bacterial infection. This position requires experience in basic biochemical/molecular techniques including sterile tissue culture technique, western blots, PCR, and DNA/ RNA preparation, and flow cytometry with training in more advanced techniques to be provided. Previous experience with experimental mouse models is preferred.