Location: Nashville, TN, US
Employer Reference: 10006553
Company Description
At Vanderbilt University , our work - regardless of title or role - is in service to an important and noble mission in which every member of our community serves in advancing knowledge and transforming lives on a daily basis. Located in Nashville, Tennessee, on a 330+ acre campus and arboretum dating back to 1873, Vanderbilt is proud to have been named as one of “America’s Best Large Employers” as well as a top employer in Tennessee and the Nashville metropolitan area by Forbes for several years running. We welcome those who are interested in learning and growing professionally with an employer that strives to create, foster and sustain opportunities as an employer of choice
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Vanderbilt University is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Job Description
The Research Assistant position provides support for ongoing research efforts in the Department of Pharmacology. The individual hired for this position will be involved in investigating the therapeutic potential of novel pharmacological compounds for the treatment of neurologic and neuropsychiatric disorders using ex vivo electrophysiology techniques in combination with optogenetics and novel pharmacological tools.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Maintain mouse colonies by breeding, weaning, genotyping, and euthanizing when needed
- Utilize the online Transnetyx/MyColony software application for managing/tracking mice
- Assist with electrophysiology experiments, including preparation of buffers and reagents, rodent brain dissection and slice preparation, and electrophysiology recordings from acute brain slices
- Perform survival stereotaxic surgery for microinjection of viral vector into the mouse brain
- Analyze experimental results using computer‐aided data analysis software
- Maintains accurate databases and experimental notebooks of results
- Communicates results in a timely fashion
- Assist with general laboratory operation and inventory
Qualifications
- A Bachelor’s degree in neuroscience, biology, chemistry or a related field of study from an accredited institution of higher education required
- At least -two years of laboratory experience strongly preferred
- Previous scientific work with rodents strongly preferred
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office programs, particularly Microsoft Excel, strongly preferred
- Strong organizational, oral, and written communication skills, and the ability to work collaboratively with a wide range of lab members required
- Attention to detail and work with minimal supervision required
- Self‐motivation with a strong sense of personal responsibility and accountability required