Lab Assistant

Salary Range: $23.11/hr.
A variety of important factors are reviewed by HR when considering salary, including job duties, the applicant’s education and experience, all relevant internal equity considerations, department budget, and funding source.

Position Summary:
The Laboratory Assistant supports a neuroscience research laboratory conducting specialized molecular, cellular, and behavioral studies using animal models. Responsibilities include assisting with routine laboratory experiments; preparing reagents and maintaining laboratory equipment and supplies; assisting with the handling, care, husbandry, genotyping and behavioral testing of laboratory animals in accordance with institutional guidelines; collecting, organizing, and recording research data; maintaining laboratory records and inventories; ensuring compliance with laboratory safety and animal care procedures, and supporting the overall operation ofthe laboratory.

Job Details:
* This is a grant funded position

Required Education and Experience:
* At least one year of directly related laboratory experience required.

Preferred Education and Experience:
* Bachelor's Degree in Biology or related field.

Required Skills and Abilities:
* Experience with mouse handling, injections and running behavioral studies
* Ability to run in vivo fiber photometry recording in mice during behavioral studies
* Ability to run social behavior and self-administration with mice
* Ability to work under close supervision
* Ability to work with mice in research setting
* Familiarity with basic lab techniques and terminology
* Ability to operate standard office equipment.
* Ability to operate laboratory equipment.
* Ability to handle sensitive equipment

Essential Duties:
* Perform behavioral studies with mice including behavioral testing, fiber photometry in vivo recordings, video acquisition, and behavioral scoring.
* Assist with laboratory animal husbandry, maintenance of genetic mouse lines, animal colony management, and genotyping.
* Perform animal perfusions, brain dissections, brain histology, tissue processing, immunohistochemistry, microscopy, and related experiments to support behavioral and surgical studies.
* Perform inventory of chemicals and laboratory supplies.
* Assist in ordering laboratory supplies as needed. Maintain and operate standard laboratory equipment.
* Assist with post-operative animal monitoring after stereotaxic surgery.
* Assist in the recording, compiling and organizing of data as required.
* Maintain, operate, and troubleshoot standard laboratory equipment.
* Maintain laboratory notebooks, electronic records, and experimental documentation.
* Clean and dry laboratory glassware and plastic ware, etc.
* Prepare standard solutions and reagents.
* Support research and administrative duties for lab functioning.
* Performs other duties as assigned