Member of Research Staff, Preclinical

Responsibilities

• Execute rodent experiments (mice and rats) in compliance with standardized protocols
• Perform and support in vivo procedures, including animal stereotaxic surgery, neural imaging, electrophysiology, behavior, and ultrasound delivery
• Perform rodent perfusions, brain extraction, and tissue collection for downstream histological and molecular analysis
• Conduct in vitro cell culture and brain slice experiments
• Design, build, and improve experimental setups, tools, and laboratory workflows

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience working in a preclinical or animal research laboratory, neuroscience experience preferred
• Experience handling rodents (mice and/or rats) and familiarity with basic in vivo techniques (dosing, anesthesia, perfusion, tissue harvest)
• Experience with stereotactic viral injections or cranial window implantations preferred
• Familiarity with sterile cell culture technique
• Comfortable building things with your hands — fabricating simple fixtures, adapting equipment, and solving practical problems in the lab
• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in neuroscience, biology, or a related field preferred
• High integrity and strong professional judgment