Research Technician

Primary Purpose of Organizational Unit:

Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education and research.

Patient care: We promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.

Education: We prepare tomorrow’s healthcare professionals and biomedical researchers from all backgrounds by facilitating learning within innovative and integrated curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education to ensure a highly skilled workforce.

Research: We develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers and resources. We provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our university to support outstanding research. We foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic and population research.

Position Summary:

The Dayton Lab in the Lampe Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering is seeking a Research Technician to support projects studying applications of ultrasound in the brain. Essential duties include mouse handling, mouse behavioral training, video tracking, preparing histology, assisting in lab management tasks, image registration and accurately maintaining records. Additional duties could include data processing, microscopy, and small animal surgery.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:

Demonstrated possession of the competencies necessary to perform the work.

Management Preferences:

Background in Biology, Neuroscience, Psychology, or a related discipline.
Experience working in a laboratory.
Experience with animal handling.