"Research Technologist"

Johns Hopkins, founded in 1876, is America's first research university and home to nine world-class academic divisions working together as one university.

The O’Brien Lab in the Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine seeks a full-time Research Technologist. The candidate will support the lab with general day-to-day activities, including ordering, cell/tissue culture and maintenance, biochemistry, molecular biology, and protein purification. While this is a support position, the candidate will have training opportunities.

Our lab is a membrane protein biochemistry and biophysics lab, focusing on G-protein coupled receptor structural biology, dynamics, and drug discovery.

The candidate will have a particular focus in supporting the lab’s work on expressing and purifying human GPCRs. The candidate should have prior lab experience and be familiar with standard lab techniques, including

• Aseptic Technique
• Cell Culture (bacterial, insect, mammalian)
• Molecular Cloning (PCR)
• Biochemistry (Gels, western blot)
• Protein Purification
• Computer Literacy

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Lab maintenance and organization
• Setting up equipment
• Ordering
• Buffer and reagent preparation
• Cell culture maintenance
• Cloning (PCR)
• Protein purification
• Collect and analyze data as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Biology, Chemistry, or related field.
• Additional education may substitute for required experience, and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond High School Diploma/Graduation Equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

Preferred Qualifications

• Some related post-undergraduate work experience is preferred.

Classified Title: Research Technologist

Role/Level/Range: ACRO40/E/02/CC

Starting Salary Range: $15.70-$26.25 HRLY (Targeted $40,000.00 Annually; Commensurate with experience)

Employee group: Full Time

Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Location: SOM, East Baltimore Campus

Department name: Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry

Personnel area: School of Medicine