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Cytogenetics Scientist

JOB SUMMARY:

Responsibilities of the position will include establishing and monitoring quality-control/quality-assurance activities, implementing new technologies, and troubleshooting problems encountered in the day-to-day activities of the laboratory.

Essential Responsibilities:

Aid in developing new platforms for automated processing several types of clinically relevant cytogenetic samples.
Support a growing diagnostic molecular biology and FISH assay development, adding to the current array of automated diagnostic capabilities for use on the fully automated fluorescence microscope, the Ikoniscope.
establishing and monitoring quality-control/quality-assurance activities,
implementing new technologies,
Troubleshooting problems encountered in the day-to-day activities of the laboratory.
Project management: ability to define and delegate tasks and to lead as well as work as part of a project team.
participates in maintaining a Quality System through good record keeping and documentation to comply with FDA standards
Investigate integration and interoperability technologies, research and evaluate new standards and protocols and conduct product evaluation and assessments.
Job Knowledge Skills and Abilities
A bachelor's degree (B.A. or B.S.) in a scientific discipline, or medical technology or [CLSp(CG)] from an approved agency such as the National Credentialing Agency for Laboratory Personnel (NCA) is recommended. Without CLSp(CG) certification, two to four years previous cytogenetic laboratory work experience is required.

Cytogenetics is a highly specialized discipline that studies the morphology of chromosomes and their relationship to disease. Duties include the preparation of biological specimens (human, animal and plants) for cell culture with subsequent microscopic analysis for cytogenetic studies. Cytogenetics involves microscopy, photo microscopy, computer image analysis, karyotyping and report generation.

Quality System: The individual should understand the basic principles of Quality Design and should be willing to learn in great detail how to conduct experiments that meet FDA guidelines.

Skills and Abilities:

Computer Skills Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and Project.

Basic Laboratory Practices - Familiarity with Good Laboratory Practices. Experimental Design.

Dear Dr. Cruikshank

I am currently a PhD candidate at the University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Science. I will graduate by September 2008.
I have been a Faculty member in the department of Biology at the Zabol University in Iran for 3 years, and also a researcher in the NRCGEB (National Research center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology) and ABRII (Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran) before coming to Japan. Working in an academic atmosphere has always been my dream and I prefer it to other unrelated and non researching jobs. I have experience in Biosystematics and Cytogenetics as it was my field of M.Sc. (Biosystematic studies of Brassica spp. in Iran and cytogenetics of Brassica napus cultivars). Phylogenetic tree of Brassica spp. using multivariate statistical analysis on morphological as well as cellular characteristics (such as Meiotic behavior and structural/morphological differences of chromosomes during Mitosis) was my major during M.Sc. I was under supervision of Professor Masoud Sheidai who is the most famous cytogeneticist in Iran. I also had a project of Meiotic behavior of Wheat cultivars of Sistan and Baluchestan province in Iran. In addition, plant functional genomics was one of the main topics in NRCGEB or ABRII (my previous work places), which made me familiar with these area of research too.
I shifted my research area to Molecular Virology after being enrolled at the University of Tokyo. I characterized the genome of a new variant of Soil-borne wheat mosaic virus, resistant in infecting plants (Wheat and Barley) at high temperatures. That is the first report on finding single nucleotide mutation in movement protein gene which is responsible for adaptation of virus to a different condition.
Eleven years in the area of cytogenetics and 5 years in the area of Molecular virology/biology has made me familiar with these areas of research. All of my interaction with staff and students has been positive and this has allowed me to gain more experience and confidence in an academic atmosphere.

I am herein attaching my resume, towards application for the post of a Cytogenetics scientist, in response to your advertisement on www.scientistsolutions.com, indicating your requirement of a candidate with cytogenetics background or other possible positions in your lab.

I shall be thankful for a line in confirmation indicating suitability of my candidature.


Respectfully Yours,
Mohammad reza MANSOURNIA