Laboratory Associate (Fenton Laboratory)

Professor Andre Fenton’s Lab (Center for Neural Science, NYU; https://as.nyu.edu/cns/people/faculty.andre-fenton.html) Is searching for a full-time Laboratory Associate to join their team. The person hired will be involved in all aspects of animal care and husbandry, routine health care procedures, daily animal evaluations, animal surgeries, general technical assistance to the researcher and animal training.

Responsibilities include:

• Behavioral training and testing of research animals.

• Interacts and coordinates with veterinary services staff to assure health and welfare of animals.

• Monitors and cares for pre-operative and post-operative veterinary patients.

• Performs sterile surgery on animals.

• Histology.

• Assists and interacts with investigative staff to meet their research needs.

• Trains and orients new employees and research staff, as needed.

• Assistance with electrophysiological measurements.

• Regularly inspects facility to assure the highest quality of animal care and required sanitation standards. Monitors to assure compliance with all animal care and facility maintenance procedures, standards, and guidelines.

• Assists and interacts with investigative staff to meet their research needs.

• Inspects facility to assure compliance with USDA, PHS, AAALAC, NYU, and other relevant regulations, guidelines, and policies. Examines operations and procedures to assure efficient utilization of manpower, equipment, and facilities and to assure that relevant regulations, guidelines, policies, and procedures are followed.

• Confers with faculty periodically to evaluate new equipment and methods.

• Assists investigators with appropriate treatments for research animals.

• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Required qualifications: BS or MS in Neuroscience, Biology or related field. Effective oral and writtencommunication skills required. Comfortable with handling animals (in particular mice) is essential.

Preferred qualifications: Experience working in a laboratory setting, coordinating research projects, laboratory research support, experience in research methodology and laboratory procedures is desired.

Please provide a CV and cover letter.