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Multidisciplinary vision laboratory seeks a Research Specialist to help coordinate and perform research that characterizes and improves outcomes of primary cell culture from several ophthalmic issues, including glaucoma disease.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Responsible for inventory, culture, proliferation, and classifying primary cell tissue in culture.
  
• Confocal and multiphoton microscopy of immunohistochemically studies of explanted mouse or human ocular tissues.
• Perform various glaucoma model and optic nerve ophthalmic surgeries and intraocular injections in mice and rats, preparing and dosing animals in drug studies, measuring intraocular pressures via rebound tonometry, using injectable and/or gas anesthetics via commercial rodent anesthesia machine in accordance with USDA and AALAC.
• Histological methods performed in this position include cryopreservation and epoxy preparation (embedding and sectioning) and subsequent immunohistochemically and/or morphologic studies of animal and human donor tissues.
• Image capture, reconstruction, and data analysis for morphologic study using Imaris, ImageJ, Neurolucinda, and Metamorph software.
• Management of multiple mouse lines, including tailing and PCR for genotyping and maintaining database of mouse lines.
• Execute proper disposal of biohazardous materials, maintain laboratory conditions and other duties as assigned by lab manager.
• Prepare and carry out perfusion fixation of rats or mice, with micro-dissection of ocular and/or brain tissues.

• Bachelor's Degree in Biology, Chemistry or related field.
• One year of laboratory experience performing relevant techniques.
• Master's degree, with related graduate research, may substitute for experience to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.
• This position requires working with rodents on a frequent basis.
• Those candidates with pre-existing allergies to rodents or cats and/or have asthma will be unsuitable for this job.

*Applicants who do not meet the posted requirements but are completing their final academic semester/quarter will be considered eligible for employment and may be asked to provide additional information confirming their academic completion date.

• 1 year experience in a cell biology, molecular biology or neuroscience laboratory performing relevant techniques is desired.

• Histology, animal surgery and microdissection, immunofluorescence microscopy, and confocal microscopy desired.

Classified Title: Research Specialist   
Role/Level/Range: ACRP/03/MA  
Starting Salary Range: $16.61-$22.83 HRLY (Commensurate with experience)
Employee group: Full Time 
Schedule: 8:30 - 5:00, Monday - Friday 
Exempt Status: Non-Exempt 
Location: ​​​​​​​School of Medicine Campus 
Department name: ​​​​​​​SOM Oph Glaucoma  
Personnel area: School of Medicine 

Please refer to the job description above to see which forms of equivalency are permitted for this position. If permitted, equivalencies will follow these guidelines:
30 undergraduate degree credits (semester hours) or 18 graduate degree credits may substitute for one year of experience. Additional related experience may substitute for required education on the same basis. For jobs where equivalency is permitted, up to two years of non-related college course work may be applied towards the total minimum education/experience required for the respective job.

The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check.

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