Lab Assistant

About the role

The Laboratory Assistant supports a neuroscience research laboratory conducting specialized molecular, cellular, and behavioral studies using animal models.

Responsibilities

• Assisting with routine laboratory experiments
• Preparing reagents and maintaining laboratory equipment and supplies
• Assisting with the handling, care, husbandry, genotyping and behavioral testing of laboratory animals in accordance with institutional guidelines
• Collecting, organizing, and recording research data
• Maintaining laboratory records and inventories
• Ensuring compliance with laboratory safety and animal care procedures
• Supporting the overall operation of the laboratory

Required Education and Experience

• At least one year of directly related laboratory experience

Preferred Education and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Biology or related field

Required Skills and Abilities

• Experience with mouse handling, injections and running behavioral studies
• Ability to run in vivo fiber photometry recording in mice during behavioral studies
• Ability to run social behavior and self-administration with mice
• Ability to work under close supervision
• Ability to work with mice in research setting
• Familiarity with basic lab techniques and terminology
• Ability to operate standard office equipment
• Ability to operate laboratory equipment
• Ability to handle sensitive equipment

Essential Duties

• Perform behavioral studies with mice including behavioral testing, fiber photometry in vivo recordings, video acquisition, and behavioral scoring
• Assist with laboratory animal husbandry, maintenance of genetic mouse lines, animal colony management, and genotyping
• Perform animal perfusions, brain dissections, brain histology, tissue processing, immunohistochemistry, microscopy, and related experiments to support behavioral and surgical studies
• Perform inventory of chemicals and laboratory supplies
• Assist in ordering laboratory supplies as needed
• Maintain and operate standard laboratory equipment
• Assist with post-operative animal monitoring after stereotaxic surgery
• Assist in the recording, compiling and organizing of data as required
• Maintain, operate, and troubleshoot standard laboratory equipment
• Maintain laboratory notebooks, electronic records, and experimental documentation
• Clean and dry laboratory glassware and plastic ware, etc
• Prepare standard solutions and reagents
• Support research and administrative duties for lab functioning
• Performs other duties as assigned

Pay

• $23.11/hr