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Research Assistant Senior

🇺🇸 Lexington, KY

🕑 Full-Time

💰 $16 - $25 per Hour

💻 Research

🗓️ August 22nd, 2025

Edtech.com's Summary

University of Kentucky is hiring a Research Assistant Senior in the College of Pharmacy lab of Dr. Caroline Geisler. The role involves overseeing animal care, training, personnel management, and compliance with IACUC policies, while managing lab inventories and safety documentation. The position also requires conducting in vivo testing on rats and mice, including various injection techniques, behavioral assessments, tissue sample processing, and data analysis.

Highlights

  • Oversee animal care, breeding schemes, and lab personnel training while ensuring compliance with IACUC and DLAR policies.
  • Manage lab inventories of animals, supplies, samples, and maintain chemical hygiene and safety documentation.
  • Collect plasma samples for hormone/metabolite analysis via ELISA or colorimetric assays.
  • Perform tissue sectioning with cryostat and staining using immunohistochemistry or fluorescent in situ hybridization followed by microscopy and image analysis.
  • Conduct in vivo testing of rats and mice including oral glucose tolerance tests, insulin tolerance tests, and feeding behavior assessments.
  • Administer injections (intraperitoneal, subcutaneous, intracerebroventricular) and perform blood collection, cardiac perfusions, and tissue extraction.
  • Order supplies and manage chemical and biohazard waste disposal.
  • Required qualifications: Bachelor of Science degree and at least 2 years related experience.
  • Salary range: $15.83 to $25.30 per hour for a full-time staff position.
  • Work schedule typically Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, with occasional nights and weekends based on experiment needs.

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Research Assistant Senior
Posting Details
 Posting Details 
Job Title  | Research Assistant Senior
Requisition Number  | RE51398
Working Title  |
Department Name  | 7K300:PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES
Work Location  | Lexington, KY
Grade Level  | 41
Salary Range  | $15.83-25.30/hour
Type of Position  | Staff
Position Time Status  | Full-Time
Required Education  | BS
Click here for more information about equivalencies:  | https://hr.uky.edu/employment/working-uk/equivalencies
Required Related Experience  | 2 yrs
Required License/Registration/Certification  | None.
Physical Requirements  | Sitting and standing for long periods of time; stooping, bending and climbing up on a step ladder; carrying and lifting up to 15 lbs.
Shift  | Monday – Friday; typically 8:00 am – 5:00 pm; occasional night and weekend based on experiment needs.
Job Summary  | The laboratory of Dr. Caroline Geisler, in the College of Pharmacy, is seeking a Research Assistant Senior.

The Research Assistant Sr. will primarily oversee animal care and use, training, and personnel management, and ensure compliance with all approved protocols and applicable IACUC policies; maintain breeding schemes and inventories of lab animals, supplies, samples, and lab training personnel records; organize lab space; maintain chemical hygiene plan and safety documentation; order supplies and maintain inventory; manage chemical and biohazard wastes.

For animal studies, plasma samples will be collected for determining hormone/metabolite concentrations by ELISA or colorimetric assay. Brain tissue samples will be sectioned by cryostat and stained by immunohistochemistry or fluorescent in situ hybridization, followed by microscopy and image analysis to determine protein/gene expression changes under different experimental conditions.

They will also prepare materials for experimental procedures in animals and execute in vivo testing of rats and mice including oral glucose tolerance tests, insulin tolerance tests, and assessing feeding behavior. Skills include handling, injections (intraperitoneal, subcutaneous, and intracerebroventricular), and blood collection. Conduct cardiac perfusions and tissue extraction sacrifice procedures. Comply with all DLAR policies and coordinate personnel.


IEBC (Internal Employee Being Considered).
Skills / Knowledge / Abilities  |
Does this position have supervisory responsibilities?  | No
Preferred Education/Experience  |
Deadline to Apply  | 08/28/2025
Our University Community  | We value the well-being of each of our employees and are dedicated to creating a healthy place for everyone to work, learn and live. In the interest of maintaining a safe and healthy environment for our students, employees, patients and visitors the University of Kentucky is a Tobacco & Drug Free campus.


As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we strongly encourage veterans, individuals with disabilities, women, and all minorities to consider our employment opportunities.


Any candidate offered a position may be required to pass pre-employment screenings as mandated by University of Kentucky Human Resources. These screenings may include a national background check and/or drug screen.
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