Junior/Assistant Specialist - Neuroscience and Behavior - Beery Lab - Integrative Biology

University of California-Berkeley; Berkeley (CA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 67,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of California, Berkeley seeks applications for a Junior or Assistant Specialist to join the Social Neuroscience Lab. The successful candidate will conduct research on the neurobiological mechanisms supporting social behaviors in rodents, manage data, and assist with lab operations, providing valuable training opportunities for career development.

Benefits

Full benefits

Opportunities for experimental training and career development

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required at time of application.
• Research experience in a scientific laboratory is preferred.
• Experience with rodent handling and surgical techniques is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Conduct research in behavioral neuroscience and execute experiments.
• Manage data analysis and contribute to manuscript preparation.
• Maintain research infrastructure, including vole colony management.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Attention to detail

Research experience

Education

Bachelor's degree (or equivalent)

Bachelor's degree in Biology, Chemistry, Data Science, Neuroscience, or related field

Tools

DNA/RNA-based techniques

Rodent handling skills

Job description

Position overview
Position title:
003320: ASST SPECIALIST

003330: JR SPECIALIST

Salary range:
The UC academic salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and step at appointment. See the following table(s) for the current salary scale(s) for this position: https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/2025-26/represented-july-2025-scales/t24-b.pdf. The current full-time base salary range for this position is $55,000-$67,000. "Off-scale" salaries, which yield compensation that is higher than the published system-wide salary at the designated rank and step, are offered when necessary to meet competitive conditions.

Percent time:
100%

Anticipated start:
September 2025

Position duration:
One year with the possibility of extension based on performance and availability of funding.

Application Window

Open date: May 29, 2025

Next review date: Thursday, Jun 12, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)

Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.

Final date: Thursday, Jul 31, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)

Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.

Position description

The Social Neuroscience Lab (Beery Lab) in the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of California, Berkeley seeks applications for a Junior or Assistant Specialist to conduct research in behavioral neuroscience. This position reports to Annaliese Beery, Associate Professor.

The Beery lab studies the brain basis of social behavior: integrating ecological, evolutionary and neuroscience perspectives in this work. Our primary research focus is on the neurobiological mechanisms supporting social relationships between same-sex peer companions.

This position will involve contributing to research design, executing experiments, data management, data analysis, and contribution to manuscript preparation. This position will involve interacting with and potentially training students.

The work will focus on 1) conducting research related to the roles of anxiety and autonomic nervous system function in seasonally varying social behavior in social rodents, and 2) assisting with research infrastructure (vole colony maintenance, genotyping, ordering). Opportunities for experimental training and career development will be available.

The position will keep detailed records of experiments performed, conclusions made, and communication of results orally and through lab notebook records.

This position provides full benefits.

Qualifications

Basic qualifications (required at time of application)

Bachelor's degree (or equivalent international degree) or enrolled in a Bachelor's degree program (or equivalent international degree)

Additional qualifications (required at time of start)

Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent international degree)

Preferred qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Biology, Chemistry, Data Science, Neuroscience, or related field.

Research experience in a scientific laboratory.

Excellent communication skills and careful attention to detail.

Experience planning experiments, documenting and communicating data, and trouble-shooting protocols.

Experience with rodent handling for colony management, tissue collection, and DNA/RNA-based techniques.

Rodent surgical experience (especially intracranial infusions and/or telemetric implants) is beneficial.

Application Requirements

Document requirements

• Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.

  
  

• Cover Letter (Optional)

  
  

• Statement of Research (Optional)

  
  

Reference requirements

• 3 required (contact information only)

Apply link:
https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04918

Help contact: [e-mail]

About UC Berkeley

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As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct.

• "Misconduct" means any violation of the policies or laws governing conduct at the applicant's previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies or laws prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment or discrimination, as defined by the employer.


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Job location

Berkeley, CA