Careers Job Description
General Description
A full time position is available for a technician in a neuroscience laboratory in the CUNY School of Medicine. The laboratory is located in a new state-of-the-art research facility. Our research studies ways to improve function after a spinal cord injury using pre-clinical animal models. We use brain and spinal cord stimulation to promote neuronal activity-dependent plasticity and tissue regenerative processes. Our experiments incorporate microscopy; neural stimulation; recording of brain, spinal cord, and muscle electrical activity; and behavioral training.
The following are links for three representative studies:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1935861X23017540?via%3Dihub
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1935861X2200122X?via%3Dihub
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0014488621001217?via%3Dihub
Other Duties
Key skills for successful applicant include:
- Ability to work with an interdisciplinary team of scientists and students
- Knowledge of basic computing, including the ability to work with Microsoft Excel.
- Willing to be trained to perform laboratory tasks in a safe and timely fashion
- Excellent organizational skills and be able to keep accurate record and notes.
There are 4 principal duties for this position:
- Participate in rodent experiments. The position requires: assisting scientists during animal surgeries, helping with pre- and post-surgical care; and maintaining general animal care and surgical records.
- Assist in training animals to perform motor tasks (e.g., reaching and locomotion).
- Data analyses include: quantitative microscopy, analysis of brain, spinal cord, and muscle electrical signals; biochemical and genetic analyses (Western blotting, qPCR)
- Aspects of lab management, including checking inventory of supplies.
Qualifications
Education: BS/BA; in Biology, Neuroscience, or a related field
RFCUNY Benefits
RFCUNY Employee Benefits and AccrualsAbout the Research Foundation
The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) was established as a not-for-profit educational corporation chartered by the State of New York in 1963. RFCUNY supports CUNY faculty and staff in identifying and obtaining external support (pre-award) from government and private sponsors and is responsible for the administration of all such funded programs (post-award).
RFCUNY stands between CUNY’s principal investigators (PIs) and the sponsors who support them and strives to fulfill its essential responsibilities to both groups. Working closely with individual PIs and Grants Officers on the campuses, RFCUNY oversees employment, accounting, audit, reporting, purchasing, and special responsibilities that include management of a planned giving program; liaison with governmental agencies and foundations; negotiation of agreements; facility construction and renovation; protection and commercialization of intellectual property; and compliance with applicable standards in research involving human subjects, animal care, environmental and radiological safety, and conflicts of interest.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Key Features
Mollecular,Cellular and Biomedical Scien
Full Time
$50,000.00 - $65,000.00
Jun 01, 2024 (Or Until Filled)