Research Assistant Lab Research Assistant

About This Role

This research assistant position involves joining a friendly and motivated team focused on network neuroscience, utilizing behavioral tests and electrophysiology. The role primarily supports laboratory operations and research activities within the Gill Institute for Neuroscience.

Responsibilities

• Perform laboratory maintenance
• Manage annual inspections
• Handle live animals (mice)
• Manage mice breeding, brain tissue processing, including perfusion and brain slice preparation and immunohistochemistry
• Conduct tests across a diverse array of assays using laboratory machinery and computer programs
• Test and set up lab equipment
• Collect data and prepare reports based upon established protocols
• Attend and participate in departmental meetings
• Order, receive, and inventory laboratory supplies
• Clean glassware and maintain laboratory work areas
• Troubleshoot breakdowns, perform preventive maintenance, and call for repairs as needed
• Maintain logs and equipment record books

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and 2 years of experience in a laboratory setting OR Associate's degree and 4 years of experience in a laboratory setting
• Proficient communication skills
• Maintain a high degree of professionalism
• Demonstrate time management and priority setting skills
• Demonstrate a high commitment to quality
• Possess flexibility to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Highly thorough and dependable
• Possess a high degree of initiative
• Ability to build strong customer relationships

Nice to have:

• Previous research experience in neuroanatomical techniques
• Maintain strong organizational skills
• Demonstrate strong attention to detail
• Possess strong analytical and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work effectively in a laboratory setting with minimal supervision as part of a research team

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical and dental insurance
• Health savings account with generous IU contributions
• Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
• Basic group life insurance paid by IU
• Voluntary supplemental life, long-term disability, critical illness, and supplemental accidental death

Important Details

• Physical demands: Regularly requires the ability to effectively communicate; frequently requires the ability to move about the work environment and to position oneself to operate laboratory equipment effectively; requires the ability to move objects weighing up to 25 pounds; occasionally work near moving mechanical parts