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Staff Associate I

Employer
Columbia University Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute
Location
New York City, New York
Salary
Commensurate with experience
Closing date
May 22, 2021

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Sector
Graduate School or University
Job Function
Other
Research Area
Sensory Systems
Position Type
Full Time
Level
Senior Level

Job Details

The Staff Associate I will provide research support to the PI and Postdoc Research Scientists studying the organization of neural networks in the mammalian hippocampus and how they encode spatial and episodic memories both in the healthy brain and in models of neuropsychiatric diseases. The Staff Associate I will be responsible for maintaining the laboratory infrastructure and assisting with imaging hardware and software development. In addition, there will be opportunities to participate in specific research project efforts utilizing live imaging and manipulation of neural circuit function in awake, behaving mice using advanced techniques (e.g., in vivo multiphoton microscopy, optogenetics, chemogenetics) under the direct supervision of the PI. This position is entirely grant funded.

The Staff Associate I will be responsible for, but not limited to, the following:

• Maintaining laboratory infrastructure: experimental recording apparatus and computer/server infrastructure, including optical imaging hardware and software. (75%)

• Assisting with functional microscopy and animal behavioral experiments. (25%)

Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran

Columbia University is committed to the hiring of qualified local residents.

 

Company

Columbia University's Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute (the Zuckerman Institute) brings together researchers to explore aspects of mind and brain, through the exchange of ideas and active collaboration. The Zuckerman Institute's home is the Jerome L. Greene Science Center on Columbia's new Manhattanville campus. Situated in the heart of Manhattan, at full capacity the Zuckerman Institute houses more than 47 laboratories employing a broad range of interdisciplinary approaches to transform our understanding of the mind and brain. In this highly collaborative environment, labs work together to gain critical insights into human health by exploring how the brain develops, performs, endures and recovers from trauma or disease.

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