Research Associate for Lyme Disease Research Center
Johns Hopkins University
Application
Details
Posted: 02-Oct-24
Location: Lutherville, Maryland
Type: Full-time
Salary: Open
Internal Number: A-153154-32
General Description
Specific Duties and Responsibilities:
- Establishes and implements robust core infrastructure aligned with institutional and departmental policies and regulations, to include:
o Manage and supervise operation of Mesoscale instrument and establish necessary controls for data entry into iLabs
o Ensuring satisfactory biospecimen collection, processing, freezer management and backup, and distribution of samples to the Lyme Center investigators and related JHU and external collaborators
o Coordinating database efforts to include management of retrospective and prospective bio specimen data entry and responsibility for inventory control systems
- Independently manage biorepository components of the Lyme Disease Research Center including current and future funding from Foundation and NIH grants
- Supervise technologist's blood sample processing from clinical specimens and performance of mesoscale and ELISA assays.
- Maintain systems for culture of Borrelia burgdorferi and isolation of bacteria for use in immunologic assays
Supervisory Responsibility:
- Directly responsible for 2 research technologists
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
- Master's or PhD (preferred) in Microbiology, Immunology or related field
- Two or moreyears of lab-related experience
- Experience in supervision or show potential/promise to do so
- Demonstrated ability via a significant graduate project or additional doctoral/post-doctoral training may substitute for experience to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.
Special Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Ability to implement and manage a wide range of laboratory procedures such as western blot, PCR, ELISA, and culture of microorganisms such as borrelia.
- Excellent communication skills to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders, including healthcare professionals and decision-makers
- Ability to work collaboratively in multidisciplinary teams, including clinicians and basicresearchers.
- Meticulous attention to detail to ensure the accuracy and reliability of specimen inventory system
- Strong ethical considerations, particularly regarding patient data privacy and the ethical use of data in medical research
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