Biologist

We are currently searching for a Biologist to independently provide support services to satisfy the overall operational objectives of the National Institute on Drug Abuse. This is a full-time, on-site opportunity in Baltimore, MD.  

• Monitor and maintain inventory of laboratory supplies.
• Perform small animal surgery, including stereotaxic.
• Conduct site target viral injections.
• Plan and administer biological research programs.
• Study basic principles of plant and animal life, such as origin, relationship, development, anatomy, and function.
• Develop and maintain liaisons and effective working relations with groups and individuals, agencies, and the public to encourage cooperative management strategies or to develop information and interpret findings.
• Supervise biological technicians and technologists and other scientists.
• Monitor and observe experiments, recording production and test data for evaluation by research personnel.
• Analyze experimental data and interpret results to write reports and summaries of findings.
• Operate, calibrate, or maintain equipment used in quantitative or qualitative analysis, such as spectrophotometers, calorimeters, flame photometers, or computer-controlled analyzers.
• Maintain laboratory equipment.
• Operate laboratory equipment to analyze samples.
• Analyze laboratory findings.
• Program and use computers to store, process, and analyze data.
• Monitor operational procedures in technical environments to ensure conformance to standards.
• Interpret research or operational data.
• Record research or operational data.
• Conduct anatomical analysis including animal perfusions, brain tissue immunohistochemical preparation.
• Maintain the daily operation of the Core equipment service contracts, order reagents, maintain and troubleshoot microscopes, cryostats, image analysis computer, etc.
• Sample preparation for light sheet microscopy and two-photon microscopy.
• Train Core staff in cryostat sectioning, immunostaining, section mounting, image collection, data analysis.
• Participate in the experimental design, data collection, data interpretation and preparation of manuscripts.
• Draft contracts for services and coordinate their execution.
• Train NIDA-IRP users in emerging technologies.
• Train users how to use microscopes in Histology and Imaging Core.
• Participate in NIDA IRP PI meetings, Core Manager meetings and other program meetings.
• Host workshops, seminars, talks for new emerging technology.
• Attend relevant scientific conferences and training courses.
• Familiarity and/or experience with light sheet microscopy, 2 photon microscopy, Scanner, brain clearing techniques.
• Familiarity and/or experience with Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Cloud, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Bitplane Imaris, R, Python, MATLAB.

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• Ph.D. degree in Molecular Biology
• At least 1-2 years of experience
• Familiarity and/or experience with light sheet microscopy, 2 photon microscopy, VS scanner, brain clearing techniques and other histological techniques
• Strong communications skills, both oral and written

Dovel Technologies and its Family of Companies (Medical Science & Computing and Ace Info Solutions) was acquired in October 2021.

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