Job Details
- Department: Medicine - MHI - 411427
- Career Area: Other
- Posting Open Date: 03/10/2026
- Application Deadline: 11/30/2026
- Position Type: Temporary Staff (SHRA)
- Position Title: Research Technician
- Position Number: 20074152, 20076063
- Vacancy ID: S026973
- Full-time/Part-time: Full-Time Temporary
- Hours per week: 40
- Work Schedule: Monday – Friday, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM with core availability between 10:00 AM and 4:00 PM daily
- Position Location: North Carolina, US
- Hiring Range: $20.00 per hour
- Estimated Duration of Appointment: 6 months not to exceed 11 months
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 Schisler Lab at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill seeks a dedicated Laboratory Research Technician to support biomedical research on aging, genomics, and complex diseases using mouse models, human systems, and integrative approaches. The primary purpose of this position is to facilitate and support daily laboratory research activities and operations.
The successful candidate will assist with maintenance of critical research infrastructure, animal colony support, and compliance with institutional and regulatory standards. Responsibilities include monitoring and maintaining laboratory equipment (e.g., liquid nitrogen storage, CO incubators, freezers), assisting with mouse colony management (including genotyping, animal handling, euthanasia in accordance with IACUC protocols, and detailed record-keeping), and performing mammalian cell culture and molecular biology techniques such as PCR and sample preparation. Another primary component of this position is to support laboratory organization and research productivity by maintaining inventories, ordering supplies, organizing samples, assisting with experimental setup, and supporting data organization. The Laboratory Research Technician will also assist in maintaining a safe, clean, and compliant laboratory environment and may provide guidance to students on laboratory procedures. The candidate must be capable of working independently as well as collaboratively within a research team and demonstrate strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
Minimum Education and Experience Requirements
Demonstrated possession of the competencies necessary to perform the work.
Management Preferences
- Recent experience with supporting biomedical research on aging, genomics, or complex disease using mouse models and human systems.
- Recent experience maintaining critical lab infrastructure (liquid nitrogen storage, CO incubators, freezers) while ensuring regulatory compliance.
- Recent experience assisting with mouse colony management, including genotyping, handling, or euthanasia (IACUC).
- Recent experience performing mammalian cell culture or molecular biology techniques (e.g., PCR, sample preparation).
- Recent experience maintaining lab inventories and supplies/organizing samples.
Campus Security Authority Responsibilities
Not Applicable.
