78966BR
Campus: Tempe
Research Technician
Job Description
The School of Life Sciences and the Balmer Lab are looking to hire a Research Technician. The goal of the Balmer Lab is to discover how brain circuits function and how they contribute to hearing and balance. The Balmer lab investigates synapses, cells, and circuits on multiple levels of analysis, including electrophysiology, immunohistochemistry, behavior and viral tracing to study the synapses, cells, and circuits that underlie hearing and balance. Please see balmerlab.com. The lab technician will have a critical role in 1) mouse colony management and organization, 2) lab safety, 3) learning and performing the techniques of the lab, 4) assisting in training other lab members, and 5) ordering lab supplies and organization.
Job Family
Research & Laboratory
Department Name
Sols Administration & Faculty
Full-Time/Part-Time
Full-Time
Grant Funded Position
This is a grant funded position. Continuation is contingent on future grant funding.
Salary Range
$16.92 - $19.24 per hour; DOE
Essential Duties
- Learn, apply and teach methods essential for the Balmer lab: immunohistochemistry, tissue sectioning, transcardiac perfusion, microscopy, brain slice preparation, electrophysiology
- Maintain an active transgenic mouse colony: mouse handling/breeding/husbandry, setting up crosses, recording litters, tissue collection and lysis for genotyping, weaning pups.
- Maintain records for purchasing, maintain lab equipment, and ensure biosafety protocols are being used in the laboratory. Package waste material and arrange for disposal according to established procedures.
- Organize reagents and materials. Maintain supply inventory. Maintain cleanliness of the lab.
- Train students in the operation of equipment, protocols, and performance of technical procedures.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in a field appropriate to the area of assignment; OR, Four years research experience appropriate to the area of assignment; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or education from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.
Desired Qualifications
- Evidence of being curious, motivated, honest and a quick learner,
- Demonstrated knowledge of Neuroscience, physiology, biology and scientific method
- Evidence of effective communication, both written and verbal
- Experience in critical thinking
- Experience in mouse handling
- Experience in organization,
- Experience in solution preparation
- Experience with computers
- Experience in immunohistochemistry, extracellular or intracellular electrophysiology, stereotaxic brain injections, programming, NEURON modeling
Working Environment
- Activities are performed in an office, lab setting and in the field subject to extended periods of field work, sitting, keyboarding, and manipulating a computer mouse; required to stand for varying lengths of.
- May be required to wear personal protective equipment before entering laboratories such as lab coat, gloves, safety glasses, closed toe shoes, and respirator.
- Frequent bending, reaching, lifting, pushing and pulling up to 25 pounds.
- Ability to clearly communicate to perform essential functions.
Department Statement
The School of Life Sciences (SOLS) has provided a vital hub for creative excellence at Arizona State University, with more than 670 faculty, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and staff, and research that ranges from studies on biodiesel and biohydrogen to vaccine development and the conservation of whales. As ASU’s first academic unit to fully reflect President Michael Crow’s integrated, interdisciplinary vision for the New American University, the School of Life Sciences offers active and evolving platforms for collaborative, cutting-edge research and faculty whose discovery is freed from traditional institutional boundaries.
ASU Statement
Arizona State University is a new model for American higher education, an unprecedented combination of academic excellence, entrepreneurial energy and broad access. This New American University is a single, unified institution comprising four differentiated campuses positively impacting the economic, social, cultural and environmental health of the communities it serves. Its research is inspired by real world application blurring the boundaries that traditionally separate academic disciplines. ASU serves more than 100,000 students in metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona, the nation's fifth largest city. ASU champions intellectual and cultural diversity, and welcomes students from all fifty states and more than one hundred nations across the globe.
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Instructions to Apply
Application deadline is 3:00PM Arizona time on the date indicated.
Please include all employment information in month/year format (e.g., 6/88 to 8/94), job title, job duties and name of employer for each position.
Resume and Cover Letter should clearly illustrate how prior knowledge and experience meets the Minimum and Desired qualifications of this position.
ASU does not pay for travel expenses associated with interviews, unless otherwise indicated.
Only electronic applications are accepted for this position.
IMPORTANT NOTE: What is the meaning of “equivalent combination” in the minimum qualifications? It means one year of higher education or 24 credit hours, is equal to one year of experience. For example, a four year Bachelor’s degree is equal to four years of experience.
