Research Assistant | Laboratory of Neural Dynamics and Cognition

Company:  Rockefeller University
Location: New York County
Hours: Full Time
Type: Permanent
Job Requirements / Description
Organization Overview:
The ability to faithfully store and retrieve memories is an important adaptive quality that allows humans to reflect on, engage with, and respond to an ever-changing environment. Research in the Laboratory of Neural Dynamics and Cognition, led by Dr. Priya Rajesethupathy, focuses on observing and manipulating large-scale neural dynamics in real-time in behaving animals to understand memory processing in the mammalian brain during health and disease.

Overview:
The Research Assistant would support in vivo and ex vivo experiments including behavior, photometry, histology and immunohistochemistry. 

Responsibilities:
Job responsibilities mainly include:

Training animals and running behavioral experiments

Performing ex vivo validation 

Helping to troubleshoot protocols

Performing neurosurgeries for implants and viral injections

Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree required with an educational emphasis in neuroscience. The ideal candidate is comfortable working with mice. 

Compensation Range: Min:
USD $46,000.00/Yr.

Compensation Range: Max:
USD $50,000.00/Yr.

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