RESEARCH TECHNICIAN II - Military Veterans

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Occupational Summary 

We are looking for highly motivated recent college graduate to work in the laboratory of Dr. Cagla Eroglu (https://sites.duke.edu/eroglulab/) in the Department of Cell Biology at Duke University Medical Center. This position will involve performing a variety of technical and research duties to support the ongoing studies in the Eroglu lab. The Eroglu lab studies the cellular and molecular mechanisms that underlie synaptic connectivity in the central nervous system using cell cultures and transgenic mice. 

 

Description of Research Activities 

The successful candidate will have the demonstrated ability to perform, or be willing to learn, the following tasks in a research laboratory: 

1. Perform a variety of technical duties to investigate astrocyte morphogenesis and synaptogenesis in the developing and aging mouse and rat brain, including immunohistochemistry, microscopy, viral techniques, molecular cloning, PCR, mouse behavior, surgical techniques, and data analysis. 

2. Support the maintenance of mouse and rat colonies including setting up breeding, weaning and genotyping. 

3. Laboratory maintenance duties such as assisting with maintaining reagent and equipment inventories. 

4. The candidate will be expected to document procedures and collect data in an organized and complete fashion following the laboratory SOP. 

Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein. 

 

Required Qualifications 

· Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in biology, neurobiology, or related fields at the time of employment. 

· Outstanding communication skills 

· Outstanding organizational skills 

· Strong attention to detail and ability to carry out assignments in consistent and accurate manner 

· Experience with mouse handeling is strongly preferred 

· Experience in molecular cloning, confocal microscopy, image analysis, and working with brain tissue samples is preferred. 

 

The intent of this job description is to provide a representative and level of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of positions given this title and shall not be construed as a declaration of the total of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be directed to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description. 

 

Duke University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status. 

Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas-an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values. 

 

Essential Physical Job Functions 

Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essential job functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.

 

 

 

 

Minimum Qualifications

 

Education

Work generally requires a bachelor's degree in botany, biology, zoology, psychology or other directly related scientific field.

Experience

 

None required above education/training requirement. OR AN EQUIVALENT COMBINATION OF RELEVANT EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE

 

Duke is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status.

 

Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas—an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.

 

Essential Physical Job Functions: Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essentialjob functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.