Job Description

The Johns Hopkins University is seeking to hire a Research Assista nt to carry out important tasks in our systems neuroscience research lab that investigates circuit mechanisms of hearing and the effects of aging in auditory cortex of mice: 1) mouse colony maintenance, including breeding and genotyping, 2) aid with surgeries to allow imaging of brain activity, 3) aid with mouse behavioral testing. 4) aid with histological analyses. Additionally, other duties include general laboratory maintenance, organizing, and upkeeping.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Mouse colony maintenance of our colony in MRB, involves checking the health of all mice, completing daily animal checks and logs.
• Assisting in surgeries to visualize brain activity.
• In order to better understand mouse hearing and its development, the lab is conducting experiments in which subject performance on behavioral tasks is assessed.
• The Lab Assistant will take a role in the behavioral testing, performing preliminary data analyses, and documenting results.
• Assistance with histological procedures, such as tissue sectioning and staining.
• The ideal candidate will have received an undergraduate degree in biology, psychology, neuroscience, or a related field, and will have some familiarity with some aspect of scientific research described above.
• An interest in how the brain processes sound is a strong plus.

• Sound organizational skills.
• Clear documentation and communication skills.
• Carry out experimental protocols reliably and reproducibly.
• Able to work on multiple priorities effectively.
• Execute assigned project tasks within established schedule.
• Work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Communicate effectively.
• Critical thinking and analytical reasoning skills.

• Bachelor's Degree in Biology, Psychology, Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering, or a related field/discipline.
• Additional related experience may substitute for required education, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

• Will have some familiarity with some aspect of scientific research described above.
• An interest in how the brain processes.
• Familiarity with some aspect of scientific research described above.

Classified Title: Research Assistant 
Role/Level/Range: ACRO40/E/03/CD  
Starting Salary Range: $17.00 - $30.00 HRLY ($40,000 targeted; Commensurate with experience) 
Employee group: Full Time 
Schedule: 40 
Exempt Status: Non-Exempt 
Location: School of Medicine Campus 
Department name: ​​​​​​​SOM BME Neurosci and Neuroengineering  
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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