Research Associate – Neuroscience

Houston, TX            ·           Full time

Title:  Research Associate – Neuroscience

• Division:  Huffington Center on Aging
• Schedule:  Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
• Work Location:  Houston, TX
• Salary Range:  Hiring up to $69,000
• FLSA Status:  Exempt
• Requisition ID:  16133

Summary

We seek a Research Associate who will work to discover how neurons interact with diverse brain cell types to drive neural development and neural disease outcomes in mouse models.

Job Duties

• Demonstrate Intellectual leadership on a project, look at literature, define knowledge gaps, and dictate research direction.
• Act as a project manager for trainees/technician’s projects to ensure timely delivery of expected products by each team member.
• Assist and oversee the completion of laboratory projects and cover projects with leadership gaps to ensure that that data are completed to the point of publication.
• Oversee the usage of advance imaging equipment.
• Assist in data generation using the following techniques, tissue preparation and histology, animal surgeries, in vivo electroporation, and mouse genetic model design and implementation.
• Provide expertise in neuroscience and other specialized areas as dictated by individual projects.
• Train all team members in the lab techniques and design and implementation of new imaging systems, online data repositories.
• Provide support in paper and grant writing.
• Assist in evaluation of the performance of all team members to ensure that competency in each skill area noted above is achieved.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Basic Science or a related field.  Experience in lieu of degree will not be accepted.
• Three years of relevant experience typically as a Research Assistant, Research Technician or Postdoctoral Fellow/Associate.

Job Specific Criteria

• MS or PhD degree in Neuroscience, Genetics, Biology, Bioinformatics, or a related biological sciences field  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in mouse models, brain histology and analysis, confocal imaging, animal surgeries, molecular biology, proteomics, RNA-seq, immunoblot, lab organization, project management, paper writing, and grant writing
• Experience with nanoscope and high resolution imaging approaches
• Experience with mouse genetic models of neural development and diseases
• Experience leading teams to completion of publication
• Experience with successful grant applications

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Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.

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