Neuroscience Research Technician – Brain Immunology & scRNA-seq

Washington University in St. Louis; United States; Sur place; USD 23 000 - 36 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Health insurance

Transit U-Pass

Retirement plan

Résumé du poste

The Diamond Laboratory at Washington University in St. Louis (WashU Medicine) is hiring a time-limited Research Technician for up to one year to study the impact of long-COVID on the brain.

The role involves working with human tissue, applying advanced microscopy and single-cell transcriptomics, and supporting data analysis and manuscript preparation under investigator guidance. Ideal candidates gain hands-on lab experience with immunofluorescent staining, imaging across multiple microscopy

Responsabilités

• Assists with research studies, experiments and assays, including collection of data, preparation of solutions and setup and maintenance of equipment.
• Performs immunofluorescent microscopy staining on brain and meningeal dural human specimens.
• Images tissue using a combination of widefield, confocal, and super-resolution microscopy techniques.
• Processes tissue for single-cell RNA sequencing analyses.
• Assists with analysis of imaging and transcriptomic datasets.
• Contributes to manuscript preparation and grant progress report preparation through data analysis and presentation, methods description, and more.
• Troubleshoots and optimizes technical issues with microscopy protocols (or other processes) to enhance data quality and rigor.
• Complies with established safety procedures and maintains required documentation on laboratory and specimen conditions.
• Ensures lab conditions and equipment are properly cleaned and maintained in accordance with established procedures.
• Assists with general lab maintenance and cleaning.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Description du poste

The Diamond Laboratory at Washington University in St. Louis (WashU Medicine) is hiring a time-limited Research Technician for up to one year to study the impact of long-COVID on the brain.

The role involves working with human tissue, applying advanced microscopy and single-cell transcriptomics, and supporting data analysis and manuscript preparation under investigator guidance. Ideal candidates gain hands-on lab experience with immunofluorescent staining, imaging across multiple microscopy