Research Specialist

Princeton University • Princeton, NJ

13d • $41,000 - $60,000

About The Position

The Princeton Neuroscience Institute has a Research Specialist position available with Professor Ilana Witten. The successful applicant will be energetic and detail-oriented with at least 2 years of experience in a wet lab research setting. Applications should include a cover letter indicating why you would like the job and what you will bring to the lab, a CV, and a list of at least two potential referees. Review of applications will continue until the positions are filled. This is a one-year term position with the possibility of renewal based on funding and performance.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree or higher in neuroscience, biology, engineering or a related field is required.
• 2+ years experience in a wet lab research setting.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with Matlab, Python or R for data analysis.
• Research experience involving neuroscience methods.
• Master's degree or Bachelor's plus 2 years postbaccalaureate experience in neuroscience, biology, engineering or a related field.

Responsibilities

• train mice and rats on operant tasks, perform optogenetic experiments, and histological analysis of brain tissue.
• collaborate with graduate students or postdoctoral research fellows in the lab on various projects related to the neural circuits underlying reward-related behaviors.
• possibility of contributing to cellular-resolution imaging experiments.
• other contributions to the lab.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees