RESEARCHER

The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Neurobiology, is seeking an experienced and dedicated Researcher to join their team.

General Responsibilities

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Sets up and performs routine and established lab procedures in support of lab goals.

• Runs behavioral pharmacology experiments in rats/mice, including operant conditioning, pain assessments, and locomotion assays.

• Performs surgical procedures in rodents.

• Maintains transgenic rodent colonies.

• Collects biological samples from rodents.

• Performs histology and microscopic imaging on rodent brain tissue.

• Collects, enter, analyze, and graph data according to established lab protocols.

• Monitors results; detects and reports unusual outcomes; performs statistical data analysis.

• Orders lab supplies and maintains inventory; maintains lab equipment, general cleanliness and organization; performs other duties as assigned.

• Reconciles lab expenditures; interfaces with UAB Purchasing and Procurement to satisfy requirements for equipment and supply expenditures; maintains records for quotes, invoices, and receipts; reviews UAB and external invoices for accuracy.

• Works with BSL2 viruses for stereotaxic delivery to rodent brain according to established SOPs.

• Performs experiments under RNAse-free conditions for the isolation of nuclei from rodent brain tissue and implements 10X Genomics procedures for subsequent single nucleus RNA sequencing through the UAB Genomics core.

• Performs RNAscope procedures on rodent brain tissue.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Salary Range $50,050 - $57,000

Qualifications

• Prior experience conducting behavioral experiments in rodents, performing RNAscope or other molecular biology procedures, and/or managing a basic science laboratory are preferred.
• Prior experience with transgenic rodent colony management, management of other personnel, and/or experience with managing large data sets and data analysis is desired.

• Communication
• Ability to work as a team member and independently
• Maintain organized and detailed lab records Rodent surgery RNAscope and snRNA-seq