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Assistant to Associate Project Scientist - Neuroscience - Foster Lab

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Position overview

Salary range: The posted UC academic salary scales (https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/compensation/2022-23-academic-salary-scales.html) set the minimum pay determined by rank and/or step at appointment. See the following table for the salary scale for this position https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/2022-23/july-2022-salary-scales/t37-b.pdf. A reasonable estimate for this position is $68,400–$102,900.
Percent time: The initial appointment will be at 100%
Anticipated start: 2023
Position duration: The initial appointment will be for one year with the possibility of extension based on satisfactory performance and availability of funding.

Position description

The Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute at the University of California, Berkeley seeks applications for an Assistant Project Scientist or Associate Project Scientist in the Foster Lab, in the area of Rodent Behavioral Neurophysiology. Work in our laboratory focuses on elucidating the neural mechanisms underlying learning and memory, with a particular focus on coordinated neural spiking in the hippocampus and associated brain regions. We apply large-scale multi-tetrode recording techniques in combination with freely moving behavior, together with innovative behavioral task design, and cutting edge technologies for the manipulation of neural activity

The specific role for this position is to spearhead the design, execution and analysis of new behavioral neurophysiology experiments related to our laboratory's scientific interests, and to lead the process of disseminating these results in accordance with standard procedures in the field.

General duties include the conduct of experiments: including surgical implant preparation (electrode manufacture, head stage manufacture, head stage preparation), animal behavioral training, surgery, animal care, post-surgical procedures including electrode advancement, data collection during behavioral tasks and pre-and post- sleep sessions, euthanasia, histology, data archiving, data processing and extensive data analysis. These duties may be performed toward the person's own research but also in support of other lab members' research.
Duties also include help with lab management, which can include coordination and writing of grant applications, help with recruitment including interviews, and help with planning and sourcing equipment and apparatus for future experiments. Additional duties include the preparation and submission of manuscripts as co-author with the PI (Foster), response to reviewers, and presentation at conferences. Further duties include good neighbor duties within the lab such as helping to maintain and update animal and other protocols, helping with re-ordering, maintaining clean spaces etc. Attendance is mandatory at weekly lab meetings and regular presentation at these meetings is expected.

Qualifications

Basic qualifications (required at time of application)

PhD or equivalent international degree

Additional qualifications (required at time of start)

-At least 3 years experience as a postdoctoral associate or postdoctoral fellow conducting behavioral neurophysiology experiments in a similar laboratory environment.

Preferred qualifications

-PhD in Neuroscience or related subject
-Demonstrated familiarity with the scientific output from the Foster laboratory as well as that of related laboratories in the field

Application Requirements

Document requirements
  • Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.

Reference requirements
  • 3 required (contact information only)
Apply link: https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF03835

Help contact: KNICHOLS@BERKELEY.EDU

About UC Berkeley

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Job location

Berkeley, CA