Find the cures you know are out there. At UCLA Health, you make it happen as part of a groundbreaking Research team, working to understand hundreds of medical disorders and improving processes for dozens of procedures across the globe.
Come join our exceptional Department of Neurobiology, and help lead the advancement of cutting-edge basic science research into explorations of the brain and central nervous system. In this Connectomics Research Assistant (SRA 1) position you will:
- Assist in animal surgery to brain splice histological data for analyses.
- Research into connectomics and neuroimaging using animals as models.
- Ensure strains are separated and neuroimaging splices are appropriate per experiment.
- Maintain animal colony, including weekly tracking of subjects, breeding, and disposal.
- Maintain data collection logs, including database management and tracking of surgical specimens.
- Conduct research experiments in accordance with laboratory and safety protocols.
- Collect field and/or laboratory measurements and data.
- Compute results for a variety of research procedures, tests and techniques.
- Prepare chemical solutions for experimental use.
- Handle and dispose of hazardous and non-hazardous materials in accordance with safety protocols.
- Maintain and organize laboratory supplies.
UCLA Health is a world-renowned health system with four award-winning hospitals and dozens of primary care practices, specialty practices, urgent care centers and other ancillary locations throughout metro Los Angeles as well as the David Geffen School of Medicine, which is an internationally-respected center of advanced medical education and research. If you’re looking to experience greater challenge and fulfillment in your career, you can at UCLA Health.
Salary range: $25.75 – $30.71 Hourly
Required:
- Previous experience in Connectomics.
- Broad theoretical and practical knowledge of standard organic, physical and analytical chemical methods.
- Technical expertise and working knowledge of neuroanatomy, biochemistry and physiology.
- Technical histological skills and functional knowledge.
- Knowledge of neurosurgery and stereotactic ICV implantation.
- Basic functional understanding of the research concerns related to the effects of perinatal ethanol exposure on certain neuroendoctrine, neuroimmune, behavioral and neurochemical indices of central nervous system development and function.
- Effective organizational skills in wet laboratory administration.
- Demonstrated proficiency using a microcomputer for word processing, data analysis and record keeping.
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