Researcher 2 (Research Technician/Research Assistant) | University of Minnesota Twin Cities Job at University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN

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  • University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  • Minneapolis, MN

Job Description

The Translational Neural Engineering Laboratory in the Department of Psychiatry is seeking a dedicated, self-motivated Research Technician/Assistant (Researcher 2) interested in working at the intersection of technology, neuroscience, and mental health. Our laboratory has multiple projects ongoing involving electrical recording, optical and electrical brain stimulation, and real-time signal processing in actively behaving animals (sometimes called "brain-computer interfaces"). The technologies we develop will ultimately be used to change activity in specific brain circuits involved in severe mental illnesses such as PTSD, major depression, addiction, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. 

Job Duties/Responsibilities:

â¢(70%) working with senior lab members to optimize and run rodent brain and behavior assays. This includes learning and practicing compassionate care of research animals, with opportunities to learn small animal surgery and other veterinary skills if desired. 
â¢(10%) Recording of physiologic and behavioral data from behaving animals
â¢(10%) histology and microscopy
â¢(10%) analysis of the resulting data

All required qualifications must be documented on application materials

Required Qualifications:

-BA/BS and 1 year of related experience or a combination of related education and work experience to equal 5 years.
-Previous experience with rodent experiments, behavior training, rodent surgery, coding, electrode building etc.

About University of Minnesota Twin Cities

The University of Minnesota, founded in the belief that all people are enriched by understanding, is dedicated to the advancement of learning and the search for truth; to the sharing of this knowledge through education for a diverse community; and to the application of this knowledge to benefit the people of the state, the nation, and the world.

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