Senior Research Specialist
- Employer
- Binghamton University Research Foundation
- Location
- Binghamton, New York
- Salary
- 55000-65000
- Closing date
- Jul 9, 2024
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- Sector
- Graduate School or University
- Job Function
- Research Staff / Technical Director
- Research Area
- Motivation & Emotion
- Position Type
- Full Time
- Level
- Mid Level
Job Details
The Jentsch laboratory at Binghamton University, which investigates the neurogenetic basis of risk for addictions in advanced mouse populations, is seeking a senior laboratory assistant to facilitate and enable the research activities in the lab.
Duties include:
- Planning and carrying out empirical research using laboratory mice, including behavioral testing, tissue collection and ex vivo voltammetry
- Data analysis and production of data summaries for the principal investigator
- Conducting survival and non-survival surgeries, along with the delivery of post operative care, when needed
- Ensuring 100% compliance with biosafety, chemical safety and laboratory animal regulations
- Training undergraduate research assistants on laboratory protocols and maintaining detailed training records
- Disinfection, sanitation and calibration of all laboratory equipment
- Production of sterile pharmaceuticals for delivery to animals
- General management of a large colony of genetically engineered subjects, including managing breeding and genotype records.
Requirements:
- A bachelor's degree in psychology, neuroscience or a closely related discipline
- At least 1 year of experience with animal studies and wet-lab bench work.
- Evidence of strong team-work abilities
- At least 1 year of experience with the Google suite of utilities (docs, spreadsheets, etc.) or the Microsoft suite (Word, Excel, etc.)
Preferred Qualifications:
- A master's degree in psychology, neuroscience or a closely related discipline
- At least 1 year of experience with basic mouse husbandry practices
- At least 6 months experience with a basic statistical analysis package (SPSS, R, etc.)
- Experience in higher education, where the primary research participants are undergraduate and doctoral students.
Company
The Research Foundation for SUNY The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (RF) is committed to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action. It is the obligation of each officer, manager, and supervisor to ensure all employment activities are conducted in an equal and equitable fashion, without regard to race, creed, religion, color, citizenship, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, predisposing genetic characteristics, genetic information, marital status, status as a domestic violence victim, arrest record, disability, military status, disabled veteran, recently separated veteran, Armed Forces Service Medal veteran, active duty or wartime campaign badge veteran, or other characteristic as protected by law. Such activities include, but are not limited to: recruitment, advertising, selection, hiring, training, promotion, upgrade, demotion, transfer, layoff, discharge, return from layoff, performance evaluation, rate of pay, other compensation and fringe benefits.
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