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Research Assistant I

Employer
Baylor College of Medicine
Location
Houston, Texas
Closing date
Jan 27, 2022

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Discipline
Life Sciences, Neuroscience
Position Type
Full Time
Job Type
Research Scientist
Organization Type
Academia
Summary

This position is located at the main Baylor College of Medicine campus, in the Texas Medical Center in the Department of Neuroscience. The Department of Neuroscience at Baylor College of Medicine has approximately 58 research groups using cutting edge techniques and excellent core resources to better understand a wide variety of questions in neuroscience. The department ranks sixth in the nation for NIH funding.

A Research Assistant position is available in the Marshall Lab in the Department of Neuroscience at Baylor College of Medicine. The lab will study mechanisms of internal mechanosensation in health and disease. Sensory neurons that detect mechanical force are critical for a variety of physiological processes, like blood pressure regulation, digestion, and urination. We will use a wide range of techniques, including microscopy, electrophysiology, calcium imaging, and behavioral testing to identify how the peripheral and central nervous system encode mechanical cues and to understand how they impact physiology and behavior.

Job Duties

  • Manage daily lab activities and operations. This will include ordering supplies, receiving shipments and organizing supplies, aliquoting reagents and preparing stock solutions.
  • Oversee the mouse colony, which will include animal husbandry, tagging, isolating mouse DNA and genotyping using PCR, and maintaining colony records.
  • Oversee maintenance of lab equipment and environment. This will include troubleshooting equipment issues, contacting vendors for repairs, and generally maintaining laboratory organization.
  • Learn appropriate protocols and procedures to support and carry out research experiments in collaboration with other lab members.
  • Perform qPCR, PCR, nucleofection and other nucleic acid manipulations including but not limited to cloning and maxiprep of plasmid DNA and agarose gel electrophoresis.
  • Conduct independent research experiments, including tissue collection, immunohistochemistry, in situ hybridization, primary cell culture and confocal microscopy.
  • Organize, evaluate, and analyze data.
  • Communicate research findings in lab meetings and seminars.


Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a Basic Science or a related field.
  • Two years of relevant experience.


Preferred Qualifications

  • Master's degree in Neuroscience or a related biological science discipline.


Baylor College of Medicine requires employees to be fully vaccinated -subject to approved exemptions-against vaccine-preventable diseases including, but not limited to, COVID-19 and influenza.

Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.

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