Miami University · 7 hours ago
Laboratory Research Assistant
Miami University is seeking a Laboratory Research Assistant to support ongoing research in behavioral neuroscience. The role involves managing laboratory projects, performing rodent behavioral testing, and providing care for the laboratory's animal colony.
Higher Education
Responsibilities
Provide project management and technical support for ongoing research projects
Perform rodent behavioral testing
Develop data collection processes and conduct data analyses
Independently summarize analyses of data and produce technical reports of findings for assigned projects
Manage our rodent colony and provide critical, acute, and post-operative care support and monitoring of experimental animals and report health problems to veterinary staff and to the Primary Investigator
Contributes to scholarly papers, conference presentations, and other professional documents for publication or dissemination
Provide support and assistance in rodent surgical procedures, and conduct them independently
Assure compliance with all state and federal research guideline, as well as experimental protocols and SOPs
Responsible for the overall training and orientation of all technical laboratory functions for lab staff, faculty, collaborating investigators, researchers, and graduate and undergraduate students
May contribute to reports and manuscripts as a co-author
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Psychology, Biology, Neuroscience, or a closely related field by date of appointment
formal coursework or training in research methodology and/or neuroscience
research experience with animals
Company
Miami University
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