Research Technician III - Donald K. Johnson Eye Institute

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Position Summary

The Research Technician III will play a key role in supporting innovative neuroscience and vision research within the Principal Investigator’s laboratory at the Donald K. Johnson Eye Institute and Krembil Research Institute. Working as part of a multidisciplinary research team, the incumbent will maintain and characterize human multipotent and pluripotent stem cell cultures, support the development of advanced 3D organoid models of the brain and eye, and perform a range of molecular and cellular biology techniques to advance studies of neurological and retinal disease.

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