Research Technician, SLiCE

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The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy (www.pharmacy.unc.edu) is one of six health science schools (Pharmacy, Nursing, Dentistry, Social Work, Public Health, Medicine) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is one of the oldest health science academic programs at Chapel Hill. The School teaches approximately 600 PharmD students and 145 graduate students. The School has built a reputation for its continued pursuit of excellence, rigorous education and training programs, cutting-edge multidisciplinary research, progressive pharmacy practices, efficient business operations, and its outstanding faculty, staff, and students. The School was named the number one School of Pharmacy in the U.S. by the U.S. News and World Report. The School has experienced unprecedented growth and success and continues to strategically position itself for sustained impact, as articulated in the School's Strategic Plan (https://pharmacy.unc.edu/about/oe/strategic-plan/).

Our Vision is to be the global leader in pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences. Our Mission is to prepare leaders and innovators to solve the world's most pressing health care challenges. We are Advancing Medicine for Life through innovation and collaboration in pharmacy practice, education, research, and public service.

The primary purposes of this Research Technician position are to (1) develop automated processes for image analysis that have been completed manually to this point, and (2) develop a user interface for these processes that will allow any internal user to execute automated analyses. The Technician will write code and use various programs and methods, including training artificial intelligence programs, to develop these automated processes. The images to be analyzed will be biological in nature; specifically, dissected pieces of tissue from several organs which are being cultured ex vivo. The Technician will incorporate these automated methods within Amazon Web Services ( AWS) and will work with AWS representatives to achieve desired goals.

Demonstrated possession of the competencies necessary to perform the work.

* Demonstrated possession of the competencies necessary to perform the work.
* Experience with coding languages such as Python and C++
* Experience using analysis software such as Matlab, GraphPad PRISM, BioDock, and the AWS ecosystem

* Course work in Biomedical Engineering or similar
* Experience in benchtop laboratory techniques such as cell culture, staining assays, and in vivo assays
* Experience in fluorescence and bioluminescence imaging of in vitro and in vivo biological samples
* Experience in standard data analysis methods of the above techniques
* Experience with technical writing

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