Research Technician III

Summary

We are looking for a talented individual to join our multidisciplinary team to assist with the work on Alzheimer's disease and neurogenesis. This position requires an individual who is self-motivated with existing research experience capable of independently preparing and organizing lab reagents, performing experiments, and record keeping.

Job Duties

• Responsible for mouse colony development, validation, maintenance, genotyping.
• Responsible for tissue preparation such as mouse perfusion, brain isolation, sectioning, and staining.
• Responsible for generating data using confocal microscopy and RNA preparation for transcriptome analysis.
• Help maintain organization of lab protocols, reagents, and mouse strains.
• Analyze complex bioinformatics data along with generating figures of results.
• Perform complex procedures including mouse surgeries and refine protocols required for specific research projects.
• Conduct literature searches and summarize information in an appropriate format for a particular study.
• Documents results of experiments and reports to principal investigators.
• Present and discuss results of experiments in laboratory group meeting sessions.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a Basic Science or related field. Four years of related experience may substitute for degree requirement.
• One year of relevant experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in basic science or a related field.

Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.

Requisition ID: 21333