Neuroscience Lab Specialist (Junior/Assistant)

University of California - San Francisco; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 57,700 - 73,200; Full time

Job summary

UC San Francisco in San Francisco, CA, is seeking a Junior or Assistant Specialist for the Wang Lab in the Department of Psychiatry. Duties include animal husbandry, rodent stereotaxic surgery, behavior assays, calcium imaging, optogenetic manipulation, brain histology, and confocal imaging.

Required qualifications include a bachelor’s degree (or four years of research experience); for the Assistant Specialist, a Master’s or a bachelor’s with three+ years of research experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) or at least four years of research experience.
• Master's degree (or equivalent) or bachelor's with three+ years of research experience.
• Prior research experience during and/or after college.

Responsibilities

• Animal husbandry
• Rodent stereotaxic surgery (virus injection, hardware implantation)
• Behavior assays (execution and scoring)
• Calcium imaging drug behavior
• Optogenetic manipulation during behavior
• Brain Histology
• Confocal imaging

Education

Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) or at least four years of research experience

Master's degree (or equivalent) or bachelor's with three+ years of research experience

Prior research experience

Job description

UC San Francisco in San Francisco, CA, is seeking a Junior or Assistant Specialist for the Wang Lab in the Department of Psychiatry. Duties include animal husbandry, rodent stereotaxic surgery, behavior assays, calcium imaging, optogenetic manipulation, brain histology, and confocal imaging.

Required qualifications include a bachelor’s degree (or four years of research experience); for the Assistant Specialist, a Master’s or a bachelor’s with three+ years of research experience.