Neuroscience Addiction Lab Tech (Part-Time)

University of Kentucky; Lexington (KY); On-site; USD 15,000 - 21,000; Part time

Job summary

University of Kentucky in Lexington seeks a part-time FWS Lab Technician for Fall 2026 to support the Neuroscience Addiction Lab in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Department. The role covers space maintenance, inventory, and mouse husbandry while assisting with experiments on anxiety and alcohol-related behaviors.

Dr. Anel Jaramillo leads projects including animal drinking studies, brain sectioning, tissue analysis, and behavioral data processing; extension to additional semesters is possible.

Qualifications

• Ability to follow research protocols and detailed record-keeping.
• Works well with other lab members.
• Comfortable handling rodents.

Responsibilities

• Maintain research space and manage general inventory.
• Conduct general mouse colony husbandry.
• Assist with research projects examining neural circuits regulating anxiety and alcohol-related behaviors.
• Perform brain sectioning, tissue and behavioral data analysis.

Skills

Follow protocols

Record-keeping

Rodent handling

Job description

University of Kentucky in Lexington seeks a part-time FWS Lab Technician for Fall 2026 to support the Neuroscience Addiction Lab in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Department. The role covers space maintenance, inventory, and mouse husbandry while assisting with experiments on anxiety and alcohol-related behaviors.

Dr. Anel Jaramillo leads projects including animal drinking studies, brain sectioning, tissue analysis, and behavioral data processing; extension to additional semesters is possible.