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Be You. Be Bold. Choose Duke.

Be You.

At Duke, we celebrate individuality and the unique perspectives that each member of our community brings. As the Research Technician II, you’ll be an essential contributor to the Reitman Lab’s mission of discovering improved treatment strategies for children and adults with brain tumors. Your work will support cutting‑edge molecular biology, mouse modeling, and cancer genomics research that advances scientific understanding and clinical care.

Be Bold.

The Research Technician II in the Reitman Lab performs a broad range of laboratory and research support functions that directly impact ongoing studies in tumor biology, treatment resistance, radiation response, and single‑cell genomics. You will work in a collaborative environment that includes research technicians, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and physician‑scientists, contributing to discovery‑driven science with meaningful clinical applications.

What You’ll Do:

Laboratory Research & Technical Skills

• Maintain an organized and complete lab notebook documenting all experiments and mouse colony activities.

• Perform PCR, RT‑PCR, and Western blot assays to characterize cell lines, tumor tissues, and mouse tissue samples.

• Propagate cells in culture and perform in vitro viability assays and clonogenic survival assays.

• Prepare cell culture media, reagents, chemical solutions, and assist in developing new laboratory procedures.

Animal Work & Experimental Support

• Participate in daily assessment of mouse cohorts, including shared weekend responsibilities.

• Utilize genetically engineered mouse models to support studies of tumorigenesis and therapeutic resistance.

• Assist with experiments involving primary mouse models of pediatric and adult brain tumors.

Collaboration, Communication & Lab Operations

• Meet regularly with your physician‑scientist supervisor to plan experiments, review data, and troubleshoot.

• Participate in lab meetings to present results, review scientific papers, and discuss ongoing research.

• Assist in recruiting new lab members and supporting a collegial, collaborative laboratory culture.

• Help maintain and prepare laboratory equipment, instruments, and shared reagents such as cell dissociation buffers and ethanol solutions.

Minimum Qualifications

Education

Work generally requires a bachelor's degree in botany, biology, zoology, psychology or other directly related scientific field.

Experience

None required above education/training requirement. OR AN EQUIVALENT COMBINATION OF RELEVANT EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE

Degrees, Licensures, Certifications

None required above education/training requirement. OR AN EQUIVALENT COMBINATION OF RELEVANT EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE

Choose Duke.

Join Duke’s vibrant research community, where innovation, collaboration, and scientific excellence drive discovery. In the Reitman Lab, your contributions will support meaningful progress toward improved treatments for brain tumor patients.

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