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JOB DESCRIPTION:
The Emotional Brain Institute (EBI) is a multidisciplinary institute aimed at addressing fundamental questions in neuroscience and neuropsychiatry. We seek to hire a research scientist to carry out neurobiological experiments on animals aimed at understanding sensory and cognitive deficits in neuropsychiatric disease.
JOB DUTIES:
This job will involve stereotaxic surgeries in mice histology multiphoton microscopy electrophysiology and other basic laboratory tasks. It will involve colony monitoring and maintenance. Further it will involve training others in the lab to carry out these surgeries. Travel to research conferences both domestic and international to present results is likely.
JOB QUALIFICATIONS:
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelors degree and two years of professional research experience in appropriate field or masters degree in an appropriate field may substitute for one year of the experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
Doctorate degree in the following areas: biology neuroscience psychology chemistry.
Five years of experience working in research labs including as a part of Ph.D. training
Proficiency in stereotaxic surgeries in mice.
Proficiency in dense electrophysiological recordings in cortex of mice using neuropixels or similar hardware.
Experience working with animals and data collection.
Experience presenting at scientific symposium is a plus.
Experience writing manuscripts
Background Investigation/Justice Center Review Requirements:
Prospective appointees will be: 1) Checked against the Staff Exclusion List (SEL) maintained by the Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs. Prospective employees whose names appear on the SEL as having been found responsible for serious or repeated acts of abuse or neglect will be barred from appointment. 2) Screened against the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment (SCR). Prospective employees whose names are indicated on the SCR may be barred from appointment.
*The Research Foundation is a private notforprofit corporation and is not an agency or instrumentality of the State of New York. Employees of the Research Foundation are not state employees do not participate in any state retirement system and do not receive state fringe benefits. Excellent Benefits Package. Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer/Minority/Women/Disabled/Veteran Employer. VEVRAA 41 CFR 60300.5(a) compliant.
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Full-Time