Senior Lab Manager – PhD level

3060-197 Cantanhede, Portugal         ·        Full time 

DEADLINE EXTENDED: June 30th, 2023, at 17:00 WET

Our laboratory is interested in understanding the neural circuits underlying complex social behaviors, in health and disease, using rodents as an animal model system. We are offering 1 SENIOR LAB MANAGER position (m/f/d) to technically strengthen our research, which focuses on the neural and behavioral mechanisms of complex social behaviors in rodents. We are looking for candidates with interest and competences in the quantitative analysis of behavior and brain activity in behaving animals.

Duration: uncertain term employment contract. The contract’s maximum foreseen duration is 3.5 years, never going beyond the project’s end date.

Team – The selected candidate will join the Neural Circuits of Social Behavior Lab, coordinated by Dr. Cristina Márquez, at the CNC-Center for Neuroscience and Cellular Biology, UC-Biotech, Cantanhede, Portugal, under the European project DYNABrain.

Check our previous work and publications here.

Your Responsibilities

• Schedule routine lab meetings and laboratory events
• Manage routine laboratory scientific procedures
• Assist with the writing and reviewing of animal experimentation protocols and grants, management of data storage space for the laboratory
• Manage and assist in purchasing and acquisition of research equipment and consumables for the lab
• Training and supervision on the correct use of lab equipment and on the standard operating procedures of the laboratory
• Perform, train and assist other members of the team during experiments with laboratory animals: rats and mice (behaviour, optogenetics, in vivo electrophysiology recordings in anaesthetized and behaving animals, fiber photometry, 1P miniscopes, stereotaxic surgery for viral injections and optic fibers implantation), neuroanatomical and microscopy procedures and/or programming and data analysis of behaviour and neural data (electrophysiology and calcium imaging
• Perform, train and assist other members of the team in the prototyping of new behavioural setups
• Be active in scientific discussions of laboratory new data and lab meetings
• Support the research team in developing a common language and overarching theoretical framework

Your competences

• Curious, prone to creative problem-solving and highly motivated to work in an interdisciplinary and diverse team
• Ethical and open research conduct
• PhD in neuroscience, biology, psychology, computer/data science, engineering or related fields
• Strongly desired: Proven academic interest in social neuroscience /systems neuroscience or related fields
• Previous research experience in the research topics will be highly valued
• Very good organizational skills
• Prone to team work in a collaborative environment
• Strong written and oral communications skills in English

We offer

• An enthusiastic, collaborative and interdisciplinary research group
• Mentorship and support to advance in your academic career
• Top-level, innovative research on a new and exciting research fielD
• Access to state-of-the-art methods and professional research infrastructure
• Integration into the CNC research community
• Open and transparent science
• Remuneration level 33, in accordance with Portuguese guidelines (2 228,11 € gross/month for an exclusive basis work contract) for the duration of the project
• Full time working contract, with social security and retirement benefits
• Economic support for attending courses and conferences

Deadline for applications (EXTENDED): June 30th, 2023, at 17:00 WET

Please click here to apply.