Laboratory Sciences Professional
University of Colorado · Aurora, CO · 1 wk ago
OTHR$46k–$59k/yrFull-time
Key Responsibilities
- Whole-cell patch-clamp electrophysiology
- Two-photon calcium imaging of cellular populations and synaptic inputs
- Electroretinogram measurements
- Equipment maintenance, calibration, and troubleshooting
- Software development to support experiments
- Biophysical modeling and construction of machine learning-based models
- Statistical analysis of single-cell and population-level recordings
- Collaborate with and support Principal Investigators (PI) and other stakeholders with laboratory and research functions
Qualifications
- Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in neuroscience, biophysics, bioengineering, psychobiology or related field
- Intermediate level: One (1) year professional level research experience
- Senior level: Two (2) years professional level research experience
- A combination of education and related technical/military/paraprofessional experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree on a year for year basis.
- Preferred Qualifications: Master’s degree in neuroscience, biophysics, psychobiology or related field
- Intermediate-level: Two (2) years of experience in an experimental or wet laboratory
- Senior-level: Three (3) years of experience in an experimental or wet laboratory
- Experience with Electrophysiology and/or Imaging
- Experience with chronic stereotaxic surgeries, and AAV injection of GCaMP in the brain
- Experience with awake behaving recording of neural signals
- Experience with analysis of neural data
- Experience in Histological techniques
- Experience in Neurological Modeling
- Experience with Python, MatLab, Igor Pro or similar coding languages
- Experience with TensorFlow, PyTorch or similar frameworks
- Experience with computational neuroscience, including programming GENESIS, NEURON and MCell