Job Description

TECHNICAL ASSOCIATE I, Biological Engineering-Jasanoff Lab, to assist lab researchers with a variety of experiments and duties related to studies of neural function in animals. Principal responsibilities include rodent handling; performing surgery and behavioral experiments, data acquisition and analysis, and prep work for experiments; following institutional protocols for experimental procedures and MIT environmental health and safety regulations; ordering animals; handling and logging controlled substances (sometimes to be used in behavioral studies); assisting with animal protocol work; acting as a liaison to the Division of Comparative Medicine (DCM); and performing other tasks as assigned.  

REQUIRED: bachelor’s degree in neuroscience, biology, psychology, or biomedical engineering; at least two years of specialized laboratory experience (which may include experience gained working as an undergraduate student); experience with behavioral experimentation; familiarity with data analysis approaches, especially those related to neuroscience experiments; and ability to learn and implement project-specific research protocols and work collaboratively, under supervision, with other lab members.  PREFERRED:  interest or experience in systems neuroscience research; experience with animal surgery, imaging and immunohistochemical techniques, and laboratory animal handling; knowledge of image analysis and programming; and proficiency with MATLAB programming or similar.  Job #23727

May work occasional nights and weekends as dictated by experiments.

Employment is contingent upon the completion of a satisfactory background check.

2/13/24

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