The Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Division of the DOM. The 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.

The laboratory tech will be responsible for performing cell culture, processing lung tissue for western blotting, PCR, and immunostating. They will develop protocols for new assays, and will analyze, interpret, and summarize results from lab experiments for papers and grants. They will order supplies, maintain inventory, keep a detailed lab notebook, and work with collaborating labs to execute experiments.

Performs a variety of independent laboratory work and experiments such as determining experimental protocols and preparation of specimens and cultures. Prepares reports of findings subsequent to compilation and analyzation. Oversees specimen inventory. Develops documentation for publication; crafts manuscripts and grant proposals.

1. Performing cell culture
2. Performing western blot
3. Performing PCR
4. Performing immunostaining of lung tissues.

Must be able to sit/stand for up to 8 hours a day.

The University of Pittsburgh is an equal opportunity employer / disability / veteran.