Also called: Tissue Bank Technician
Collects, preserves, and catalogs donated human brains for research on diseases like Alzheimer's.
Gets a call at night when a donor passes away, helps carefully preserve the brain, then slices and freezes samples that researchers worldwide will request.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in biology or neuroscience; on-the-job training.
Ways in: 4-year college, On-the-job training. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Biology, Neuroscience.
Growing about average (about 4% over 10 years). Estimate.
Low risk for 10 years. On-call brain recovery and careful dissection are hands-on; software handles cataloging only.
Classes: Biology, Anatomy and physiology, Chemistry.
Official data: O*NET occupation 19-4021.
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