Job Description
The Johns Hopkins University Krieger School of Arts and Sciences (KSAS) seeks a Laboratory Manager within the Mind Brain Institute to assist and support research projects that involve neurobiological study in non-human primates under the supervision of the Principal Investigator.
Specific Duties & Responsibilities
- Manage laboratory, scheduling, and interfacing with IRB and IACUC organizations.
- Helping with grant submission and daily activities in a systems neuroscience laboratory.
- Oversee, orient, and train graduate students to handle non-human subjects and train them on behavioral tasks.
- Helping with neuroimaging and neurophysiological experiments.
- Collaborate closely with the principal investigator to supervise and guarantee that the laboratory, faculty, students, and staff adhere to all occupational health and laboratory safety regulations.
- May assist with the development and implementation of procedures, policies, and safety protocols for the lab.
- Assists with lab duties including supply inventory, equipment inventory, ordering and tracking.
- Oversee the receipt and handling of laboratory supplies and equipment deliveries, including picking up, storing, and distributing items as needed.
Additional Duties
- Performing specialized and routine procedures.
- Behavioral training of NHP.
- Assisting during aseptic surgeries.
- Ensuring regulatory compliance.
- Assisting postdoctoral associates, as needed.
- Carrying out experiments including pharmacological, behavioral, and physiological experiments.
- Maintains equipment upkeep.
- Performs preliminary data analysis.
- Manages DEA requirements.
- Tracks expenses, and purchases.
- Performs background research for proposed studies.
- Schedules and coordinates lab meetings.
- Monitor NHP for illness, injury, or distress and notify the veterinarian when appropriate, and ensure enrichment for NHP.
- Weighs and administers drugs.
- Instructs other lab personnel in specialized procedures and techniques, including regulatory compliance.
- Provide documents/information as needed to the business office.
Special Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Proficient in proactive communication with key stakeholders, staff, and students to address questions and concern.
- Highly organized, with superb attention to detail.
- Must have a team player mindset and be able to work independently if necessary.
- Previous experience with systems neuroscience (as a manager, student, or a tech).
- Use professional judgment and take full responsibility for decisions, impacts, and outcomes.
- Must be able to manage time, choose what is essential for the lab and experiments, and proceed accordingly.
- Assist with additional lab administrative activities as needed.
Technical Qualifications or Specialized Certifications
- Ability to run an anesthesia machine.
- Animal colony maintenance and compliance.
Supervisory Responsibility
- Supervise graduate students and postdocs.
- Interface and be the key contact person for IACUC and any lab-related issues.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in biology, chemistry, or a related field.
- Five years of related experience, including proven technical knowledge and laboratory experience.
- Additional education may substitute for required experience, and additional related experience may substitute for required education, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s Degree with related graduate research may substitute for experience to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.
- Strong veterinary surgery skills with at least 10+ years of experience.
- Previous experience managing a large systems neuroscience laboratory.
- Experience training animals on complex behavioral paradigms.
- Experience maintaining animal colony.
- Programming/instrumentation abilities.
- 10+ years of being a senior lab tech or manager.
- Strong veterinary surgical skills.
- Extensive background in training graduate students on lab compliance and performing various sterile procedures.
