Open Rank Scientist #1
Post-doctoral Researcher or Staff Scientist
REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
- a Ph.D. degree
- slice-electrophysiology, ideally for the study of GPCR signaling
PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
- (not all are expected)
- electrophysiological recording of monoaminergic circuits, GPCR pathways in the rodent midbrain/hindbrain
- awake-behaving optogenetics/ chemogenetics/ fiber photometry
- fast-scan cyclic voltammetry
- knowledge of rodent behavioral paradigms for studying disease states
- basic molecular biology (cloning, mouse-genotyping) and tissue histology
- familiarity with fluorescence microscopy, advanced imaging techniques
Open Rank Scientist #2
Post-doctoral Researcher or Staff Scientist
REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
- a Ph.D. degree
- in vivo recording (e.g., electrode, EEG-EMG, fiber photometry, etc)
PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
- (not all are expected)
- awake-behaving optogenetics/chemogenetics/fiber photometry in rodents
- polysomnography (EEG-EMG recording and analysis)
- microendoscopy, 2-photon imaging
- basic molecular biology skills (cloning, mouse-genotyping, tissue culture)
- tissue histology, fluorescence microscopy skills
Open Rank Scientist #3
Post-doctoral Researcher or Research Technician or Staff Scientist
REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
- strong college background in molecular biology, biochemistry, and/or genetics
- research experience in molecular biology, or a Ph.D. degree in a related field
- expertise in the performance of experiments that require DNA library construction and cloning, tissue-culture, molecular and cell biology assays
PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
- (not all are expected)
- performance of molecular biology techniques (e.g., plasmid prep, PCR, cloning, library construction, mutagenesis, expression and purification of recombinant proteins, genotyping, mammalian cell and primary neuronal tissue culture)
- experience in the production and use of viral vectors in research (e.g., AAVs, lentivirus, etc)
- experience in cell biology assays (e.g., flow cytometry, western blots, immunoprecipitation etc)
- basic imaging skills: tissue histology, immunofluorescent labeling, confocal microscopy
- knowledge of rodent behavioral paradigms, fiber photometry recording
