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Job Category: Staff & Executive - Research (Laboratory/Non-Laboratory)
Department: NJMS-Pharmacology
Overview
New Jersey’s academic health center, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) takes an integrated approach to educating students, providing clinical care, and conducting research, all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers University–New Brunswick and collaborating university wide, RBHS includes eight schools, a behavioral health network, and five centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, advanced biotechnology and medicine, environmental and occupational health, and health care policy and aging research.
Our faculty are teachers, clinicians, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health careers.
Our clinical and academic facilities are located throughout the state—at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, including Piscataway; and at locations in Newark, Scotch Plains, Somerset, Stratford, and other locations. Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, Newark’s University Hospital in Newark, and other affiliates.
Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives.
Posting Summary
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Postdoctoral Associate for NJMS-Pharmacology. The research of the Zhang lab is aimed to identify functional neural circuits in the regulation of motivated behaviors especially social and feeding. To do this, the laboratory uses a combination of novel transgenic mouse lines, optogenetics, chemogenetics, brain slice patch-clamp recording, in vivo fiber photometry and single-cell miniscope imaging, molecular techniques, and mouse models of brain disorders. Under direction of the Principal Investigator, the individual will be responsible for planning and executing experiments independently. The individual will also help train graduate students and technicians.
Key Duties
- Performs various research and technical operations relative to ongoing investigatory activities of a laboratory; may conduct independently or as assigned specialized research for a particular project.
- Assists in the conducting of continuous program of research and development regarding new procedures and instrumentation functions of the laboratory.
- Performs highly skilled procedures including stereotactic surgery for brain injection and implantation, in vivo imaging (fiber photometry and miniscope) of freely moving mice, mouse perfusion and slice preparation, immunocytochemistry, RNAscope assay, and behavioral tests.
- Records and analyzes data for studies, maintain accurate records of individual experimentation and research.
- Contributes to writing manuscripts and review articles that directly results from his/her research. Writes and submits abstracts for scientific meetings.
- Assists in training and mentoring graduate students and technicians.
Terms of Appointment
Temporary Staff Appointment - Salaried 12 Month
Qualifications
Minimum Education and Experience
- Candidates should hold a recent Ph.D. or an M.D with research experience in neuroscience or a relevant science.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- A record of excellence and productivity in research, and the ability to lead work independently are required.
- Experience in stereotactic brain surgery of mice for virus injection and canula implantation, regular behavioral tests, slice patch-clamp recording, and in vivo fiber photometry is preferred.
- Experience in in vivo imaging using miniscope or Mini2P is desired.
- The candidate is expected to be proficient in spoken and written English.
Posting Details
Posting Number: 24ST2038
Posting Open Date: 08/22/2024
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