Research Technologist - Neurosurgery

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JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

The Penn State College of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, in Hershey, PA, is seeking a fulltime Research Technologist. Responsibilities include working with animals and performing
laboratory tasks, such as:

• Learning and managing lab orders and purchases, including supplies, reagents, animals, and documentation.
• Learning and handling mouse husbandry, including breeding, PCR genotyping, and documentation.
• Learning and performing drug treatments, including tail vein injection, oral and nasal drug administration.
• Learning and conducting mouse brain tissue sectioning (frozen and paraffin).
• Learning and acquiring images using fluorescence microscopy.
• Learning and conducting neurological behavioral tests in mice following stroke and brain trauma.

This is a limited-term position funded for one year from date of hire, withpossibility of refunding.

The following clearances must be successfully completed for this position:

• Pennsylvania State Police Criminal Background Check
• Pennsylvania Child Abuse History
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Criminal Background Check

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The salary range for this position, including all possible grades is:

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