Univ – Staff Scientist I – Department of Neurosciences

Univ – Staff Scientist I – Department of Neurosciences

Requirements

• A Ph.D., M.D. or equivalent with two years postdoctorate experience
• Extensive experience with in vivo behavioral assays of substance abuse
• Familiarity with substance abuse literature
• Experience in calcium imaging and associated analysis
• A history of publications

Responsibilities

• Conducts drug self-administration behavioral studies
• Performs intracranial and catheter implantation surgeries in mice
• Monitors catheter and cannula placement throughout and at the end of each study
• Manages mouse breeding colonies to maintain appropriate levels of transgenic animals as needed for rodent studies
• Performs 2-photon microscopy in combination with mouse behavior (imaging and stimulation with optogenetic constructs)
• Performs behavioral optogenetic and chemogenetic mouse experiments
• Mentors and trains doctoral students in a multitude of lab techniques such as 2P calcium imaging, mouse self-administration used to study reward circuitry, mouse surgical procedures, behavioral optogenetics and chemogenetics
• Keeps accurate and detailed records of experiments and results and identifies and troubleshoots unexpected results
• Observes and complies with safety standards and procedures
• Works to develop and secure research funding (writing grants)
• Prepares manuscripts on results for publication
• Works with a broad range of collaborators to deliver research in the area of addiction neuroscience
• Identifies opportunities for publications and research funding
• Analyses and presents data, and prepares abstracts and manuscripts for dissemination
• Leads and collaborates on peer-reviewed journal submissions

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to obtain and maintain a valid driver’s license
• Computer literacy
• Ability to work rotating shifts as required
• Ability to work overtime as required
• Ability to learn and use new processes, tools and equipment as required