Senior Zebrafish Behavior & Immunology Scientist

California Institute of Technology; Pasadena (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Caltech is seeking a researcher to conduct advanced studies in zebrafish behavior and immunology, designing experiments, developing assays, and analyzing results with coding and statistics. This role involves mentoring staff and students and contributing to manuscripts and grant applications.

The candidate will supervise technicians, train new lab members, and oversee video-tracking experiments, microscopy, and histochemical analyses to advance current zebrafish projects.

Qualifications

• PhD and postdoctoral experience in Biology.
• Minimum of 8 years experience in zebrafish behavior, molecular biology, genetics, microscopy, and histochemical techniques, strong publication record.

Responsibilities

• Conceive original research, design and perform experiments in zebrafish behavior and immunology.
• Generate code and apply statistical tests to analyze data.
• Mentor and train graduate students and technicians in experimental design, data analysis and presentation.
• Write manuscripts and grant proposals based on results.

Skills

Zebrafish biology

CRISPR

Data analysis

Microscopy

Education

PhD in Biology

Postdoctoral experience

Tools

CRISPR

Epifluorescence microscopy

Confocal microscopy

Video tracking

Job description

Caltech is seeking a researcher to conduct advanced studies in zebrafish behavior and immunology, designing experiments, developing assays, and analyzing results with coding and statistics. This role involves mentoring staff and students and contributing to manuscripts and grant applications.

The candidate will supervise technicians, train new lab members, and oversee video-tracking experiments, microscopy, and histochemical analyses to advance current zebrafish projects.