The laboratory of Dr. Daniel Salzman in the Department of Neuroscience has an open position for a highly motivated Research Staff Assistant to gain proficiency in a dynamic, collaborative research environment, assisting in investigating the neuronal circuits that process aversive and appetitive experiences in rodents.
 

This is a full-time grant funded role.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Under the direction of the PI, perform tasks with rodents and/or non-human primates.

• Under the direction of the PI, perform whole-brain histology, handle rodents and/or non-human primates for behavioral task performance.

• Use software applications to process data sets.

• Perform general lab management duties, including animal husbandry, ordering supplies, sustaining inventories and maintenance of instruments, assisting with administrative and documentation tasks relates to experiments.
   

Minimum Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree in neuroscience, biology, or other related area of science or engineering is required.

• The willingness and ability to learn specific techniques for performing tasks is required.

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