Graduate Research Assistant — Behavioral Neuroscience

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Brownsville, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 10,000 - 15,000; Part time

Job summary

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley seeks a Graduate Research Assistant in Psychological Science and Neuroscience to support faculty in the College of Liberal Arts and Psychological Science. The role includes training on ethical animal use, lab safety, literature searches, data analysis with Excel, SPSS, GraphPad and ANYMaze, plus data-visualization and presentations.

Responsibilities cover behavioral experiments, brain/tissue work, tissue processing, imaging, supervising undergraduates, and

Qualifications

• This research assistantship will be expected to comply with federal laws, regulations, and policies protecting the rights and safety of individuals working on NIH -funded projects.
• Must be a full-time UT RGV graduate student, willing to work 10 hours per week in a laboratory during regular working hours (9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m./ Monday – Friday) and on the weekends in some cases. Distribution of hours per week is flexible.
• Able to work with and handle laboratory animals, following institutionally approved protocols.

Responsibilities

• Complete training on the ethical use of animals in research.
• Complete basic laboratory safety training.
• Conduct research/database searches for articles and resources relevant to the research topic.
• Learn and use research and statistical software to analyze data and create graphs.
• Create PowerPoint and/or poster presentations to share findings.
• Conduct behavioral experiments using laboratory animals.
• Learn and perform surgical and other procedures to manipulate brain and organ systems.
• Learn and be able to extract brains and other tissues from animal models.
• Perform tissue processing techniques (e.g., immunocytochemistry and immunohistochemistry).
• Capture images of brain sections using a microscope and image capture software.
• Assist lead investigators with supervising undergraduates and basic administrative tasks.
• Attend lab meetings and complete assigned tasks in a timely manner.

Skills

Excel

SPSS

GraphPad

ANYMaze

PowerPoint

Tools

ANYMaze

GraphPad Prism

Data capture software

Job description

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley seeks a Graduate Research Assistant in Psychological Science and Neuroscience to support faculty in the College of Liberal Arts and Psychological Science. The role includes training on ethical animal use, lab safety, literature searches, data analysis with Excel, SPSS, GraphPad and ANYMaze, plus data-visualization and presentations.

Responsibilities cover behavioral experiments, brain/tissue work, tissue processing, imaging, supervising undergraduates, and