Position Summary:

• Generation and maintenance of mouse transgenic lines related to specific projects. This involves handling mice for breeding, animal husbandry, tail-clipping, ear-punching, and PCR genotyping. May also require injection and dissection of animals used in the research activity.
• Generation of conditional mutant mice using tamoxifen-induction of Cre-recombinase activity in genetically modified mouse lines.
• Methods for assessing Blood-brain barrier disruption, including tail vein fluorescent tracer injections, spectrophotometry, confocal microscopy.
• Supervise the work of undergraduates and Master's students in the lab.
• Preparation and maintenance of project-specific reagents and standard solutions, culture media, and DNA plasmid preparations grown in bacteria.
• Molecular cloning and DNA vector design and preparation.

Minimum Education and Experience:

• Master's Degree in a relevant science plus 1 year of related research experience, or a Bachelor's Degree in a relevant science plus 2 years of related research experience, (Five (5) years preferred) in at least 4 of these areas (PCR, RT-PCR, molecular cloning, in vivo luciferase assays, in ovo electroporation in chick embryos, immunohistochemistry, RNA in-situ hybridization).

City: Piscataway

State: NJ

Equipment Utilized:

• Equipment specific to a N&CB laboratory.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

• PHYSICAL DEMANDS:  Ability to work in a laboratory environment 
• WORK ENVIRONMENT: Laboratory environment.  

Posting Number: 23ST0718

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