Research Specialist (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering)

Johns Hopkins, founded in 1876, is America's first research university and home to nine world-class academic divisions working together as one university.

Whiting School of Engineering's Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering department is seeking a Research
Specialist to split time between managing the mouse colonies of the Elisseeff Lab in the Translational Tissue
Engineering Center (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine) and performing mouse surgeries to collect blood and generate serum for the lab's research.

The Research Specialist performs a range of assays and experiments specific to an area of research, requiring a good understanding of the work of the laboratory. Makes contributions to various aspects of research efforts. Performs routine troubleshooting and helps with training and orientation of others working in the laboratory.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Plan and run experiments after discussion with investigators.

Work may include making protocol modifications within the parameters set by investigator.

• Utilize specialized knowledge to interpret results, e.g. read

controls, and evaluate results.

• Use scientific knowledge and lab experience to evaluate whether

component parts of experiments are working as expected.

• Train/orient learners and new staff in the laboratory.
• Assist in development of new techniques and instruments.
• Become familiar with published research methods related to

current experimental work by investigating published protocols and discussing them with more senior laboratory staff and/or faculty investigators.

• Process analyzed data into figures for scientific

publications.

• May order equipment and supplies, and interface with

vendors.

• May facilitate problem solving for entry-level lab members with

research assays.

• May participate in protocol development, efficiency, and

productivity.

• May contribute to writing manuscripts and grants by writing

methodology sections.

• Other duties as assigned.

In addition to the duties described above

• Manage the laboratory's mouse colonies (about half of the

position), including husbandry, breeding, weaning, genotyping, and colony maintenance in compliance with approved animal care and use protocols.

• Set up matings, track litters and experimental cohorts, and

maintain colony records, breeding schedules, and inventories in coordination with lab members and animal facility staff.

• Perform mouse surgeries for blood collection and process the

blood into serum (about half of the position) following standardized protocols.

• Aliquot, label, catalog, and store serum samples, keeping

accurate records.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biology, Chemistry or related field.
• One year of laboratory experience performing relevant

techniques.

• Additional education may substitute for required experience and

additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/ graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

Preferred Qualifications

• Some experience working with mice.
• General laboratory skills, such as pipetting, preparing

solutions, and following written protocols.

• Strong organization and attention to detail.
• Willingness to learn mouse surgery for blood collection, serum

processing, and genotyping.

• Post-undergraduate research experience is a plus but not

required.

• Mouse surgery for blood collection and serum processing

(training provided).

• Genotyping, including nucleic acid isolation and real-time PCR

(training provided).

Technical Skills & Expected Level of Proficiency

• Data Management and Analysis - Awareness
• Experimental Design and Execution -Awareness
• Literature Review - Awareness
• Operations Management - Awareness
• Protocol Development and Optimization - Awareness
• Scientific Writing - Awareness

The core technical skills listed are most essential;
additional technical skills may be required based on specific division or department needs.

Classified Title: Research Specialist

Role/Level/Range: ACRP/03/MA

Starting Salary Range: $18.71 - $32.69 HRLY (Commensurate w/exp.)

Employee group: Full Time

Schedule: M-F, 37.5 hrs wkly

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Location: Homewood Campus

Department name: ChemBE-TTEC

Personnel area: Whiting School of Engineering

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

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