Job Description

The Johns Hopkins University is seeking a highly motivated Sr. Research Specialist who is interested to join our team to work on the in vitro and in vivo testing of brain gene therapy candidates. This candidate will participate in the development and testing of gene transfer methods for the mouse brain. They will be working on a team that includes other technicians, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows and will make significant and important contributions to various aspects of these research efforts.

This will include neuronal cultures, rodent injections, genotyping, gene expression measurement qPCR, and immunoblotting/immunohistochemistry for protein expression. Our laboratory investigates the mechanisms of synaptic plasticity and how defects in this process cause intellectual disability, autism, and epilepsy. We use a wide spectrum of techniques (molecular biology, biochemistry, cell biology, mouse genetics, histology, in vitro/in vivo imaging, omics studies) to study sensory the neurons that support learning and intelligence.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Make scientific contribution to protocol development, efficiency, and productivity.
• Apply published research methods to current experimental work by investigating published protocols and discussing them with Principal Investigator (PI).
• Maintain detailed working knowledge of all assigned protocols.
• Collaborate with lab members in development of new techniques and instruments.
• Assistance with the maintenance of mouse colonies.
• Participate in the development and implementation of lab goals and objectives.
• Analyze data and process analyzed data into figures for scientific publications.
• Assist with the development and administration of laboratory budget.
• Contribute toward the efficient utilization of resources, equipment and space.
• Manage inventory, monitor supply levels, order equipment and supplies in accordance with established policies and procedures, and initiate the process for equipment repair when needed.
• Teach/train students, and new technicians in the lab. Guide, direct, and facilitate problem solving for entry-level lab members on day-to-day problems.
• Perform miscellaneous related duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's Degree in Biology, Chemistry or related field.
• Four year's experience in a comparable laboratory performing relevant techniques.
• Master's degree, with related graduate research, may substitute for experience to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

• Prior experience with mouse experiments, biochemical techniques, histological techniques, molecular techniques and imaging.

Classified Title: Sr. Research Specialist 
Role/Level/Range: ACRP/04/MC  
Starting Salary Range: $48,000 - $84,100 Annually ($62,225 targeted; Commensurate with experience) 
Employee group: Full Time 
Schedule: M-F 8:30-5:00 
Exempt Status: Exempt 
Location: School of Medicine Campus 
Department name: ???????SOM Neuro Sci Neuroscience  
Personnel area: School of Medicine 

About Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University remains committed to its founding principle, that education for all students should be grounded in exploration and discovery. Hopkins students are challenged not just to learn but also to advance learning itself. Critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, and entrepreneurship are all encouraged and nourished in this unique educational environment. After more than 130 years, Johns Hopkins remains a world leader in both teaching and research. Faculty members and their research colleagues at the university's Applied Physics Laboratory have each year since 1979 won Johns Hopkins more federal research and development funding than any other university. The university has nine academic divisions and campuses throughout the Baltimore-Washington area. The Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, the Whiting School of Engineering, the School of Education and the Carey Business School are based at the Homewood campus in northern Baltimore. The schools of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing share a campus in east Baltimore with The Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Peabody Institute, a leading professional school of music, is located on Mount Vernon Place in downtown Bal ... timore. The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies is located in Washington's Dupont Circle area.

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