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Rutgers University

Research Teaching Specialist V

🇺🇸 Piscataway, NJ

🕑 Full-Time

💰 $50K - $70K

💻 Research

🗓️ January 5th, 2026

Edtech.com's Summary

Rutgers University is hiring a Research Teaching Specialist V for its Neuroscience and Cell Biology department at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. The specialist will conduct research on dopaminergic signaling in mouse brains, manage mouse colonies, perform intracranial stereotaxic injections, behavioral analyses, and assist with histological techniques while collaborating and training lab personnel.

Highlights
  • Conduct in vivo mouse research related to Parkinson's disease under principal investigator guidance.
  • Manage mouse colonies, including breeding schemes and genotyping multiple transgenic lines.
  • Perform intracranial stereotaxic injections of viral vectors and locomotor behavioral analyses.
  • Collaborate on intracardial perfusion, cryosection, and immunohistology analyses.
  • Train fellows, medical students, and undergraduates on laboratory techniques.
  • Evaluate and improve existing laboratory procedures and propose new methods.
  • Required Bachelor’s degree in a relevant science field.
  • Preferred prior research experience in stereotaxic injections, behavioral analysis, and immunohistology.
  • Salary range $49,883 to $69,920, dependent on qualifications and funding.
  • Position is full-time, exempt, with standard day shift hours and requires on-site work at Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences.