The Department of Otolaryngology is looking for an enthusiastic collaborative Research Technician for its hearing research lab. The hearing research lab has a long history of ground breaking fundamental and translational discoveries in the field of hearing and balance. Current projects include, but are not limited to functional and anatomical structure preservation for deaf persons receiving a cochlear implant, and to regenerate hair cells form resident stem cells in the inner ear with the translational goal to treat hearing-impaired patients.
As Research Technician, your main tasks and responsibilities will be the following:
- Lab management in daily practice such as maintenance of equipment and tools
- Providing technical assistance to specific projects
- Performing animal experiments (with mice and guinea pigs)
- Culturing primary cultures of inner ear tissue as 3D organoids
- Performing molecular and cellular assays
- Performing electrophysiology on live animals
- Documenting laboratory experiments