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Research Technologist

Job Description

The laboratory of Dr. Jennifer Elisseeff in the Translational Tissue Engineering Center at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine is seeking a highly motivated Research Technologist to support our research in immune-focused tissue engineering and regenerative immunotherapies. You will become a key member of a supportive, values-based research team within a cutting-edge, collaborative, and multidisciplinary research center. More information about the lab can be found by visiting https://elisseefflab.jhu.edu/.


Specific Duties & Responsibilities

  • The Elisseeff Lab wishes to recruit a qualified individual to drive our group’s success.
  • The Research Technologist will be trained in pioneering technologies in principles of tissue engineering and translational regenerative therapies, have access to state-of-the-art resources and equipment, and contribute to high-impact research at the interface of engineering and medicine.
  • The candidate will work under the supervision of senior laboratory personnel, the principal investigator, and the TTEC lab manager.


Primary duties and responsibilities of the job will include

  • Direction of research projects under the general supervision of the faculty investigator and senior lab members.
  • Protocol standardization and instruction.
  • Organization and presentation of data.
  • Identification and troubleshooting of situations requiring special attention.
  • Lab management and organization.
  • Operating and maintaining lab equipment and supplies.
  • Ordering and maintenance of lab supplies and stocks.
  • Other duties as assigned.


The work will involve a wide range of techniques including

  • Mouse husbandry, breeding, genotyping, and colony maintenance.
  • Nucleic acid isolation, Real-Time PCR.
  • Histology.
  • Culture of primary cells and established mammalian cell lines.
  • Microscopy.


Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree in Biology, Chemistry or related field.



Preferred Qualifications
  • Some related post-undergraduate work experience preferred.
  • The successful candidate will have experience in wet lab benchwork which should include experience with RNA isolation, RT-PCR assays, cell culture, animal handling and husbandry, and histology.

 


 

Classified Title: Research Technologist 
Role/Level/Range: ACRO40/E/02/CC  
Starting Salary Range: $15.70 - $26.25 HRLY (Commensurate with experience) 
Employee group: Full Time 
Schedule: Monday-Friday, 9:00 am - 5:30 pm 
Exempt Status: Non-Exempt 
Location: School of Medicine Campus 
Department name: ​​​​​​​Oph Translational Tissue Engineering Ctr  
Personnel area: School of Medicine 

 

 

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