2024-04-13
Princeton University
Other
/yr
employee
contract
Princeton
New Jersey
08544
United States
Research Specialist I
US-NJ-Princeton
Job ID: 2024-18835
Type: Full-Time
# of Openings: 1
Category: Research and Laboratory
Princeton University
Overview
Princeton University's Neuroscience Institute seeks applicants for a Research Specialist position with a background in experimental rodent research to join a laboratory whose new work focuses on the neural mechanisms underlying social interactions in mus musculus. We are looking for an enthusiastic and hard-working individual who has a willingness to learn and acquire new laboratory and computational skills (and a demonstrated track record in learning new techniques).
This is a one-year term position with the possibility of renewal contingent upon satisfactory performance and funding.
- Assist postdoctoral fellows and graduate students in animal care and mouse behavioral data collection (audio, video and neural).
- Develop skills to conduct data collection independently.
- Maintain high standards of methodological rigor and clear records of upcoming and completed tasks.
- Use existing software and deep learning tools developed in the lab to facilitate large-scale data analyses.
- Apply developed data processing routines to adequately store and reorganize data in formats necessary for further explorations.
- Contribute to analyzing and writing scientific reports and papers.
- Stay up-to-date with literature in the field and participate in weekly lab meetings and lab discussions.
Essential Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in neuroscience or related field
- Prior lab research experience
Preferred Qualifications:
- Rodent research experience
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