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Job Number: 19836
Full-Time
Jul 8, 2021
TECHNICAL ASSOCIATE 1, Picower Institute for Brain Research, to assist with creation, maintenance, and experimentation using human-induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). Will work closely with lab members to create iPSCs-derived brain cell types. Much time will be spent on maintaining cell lines, including media changes, culturing, and microscopic analysis. Duties are divided among al..
Job Number: 19835
Full-Time
Jul 8, 2021
TECHNICAL ASSOCIATE 1, Picower Institute for Brain Research, to assist with research on the effects of neurodegeneration on cognitive function in various mouse models. Duties include conducting behavioral experiments to assess learning and memory in mouse models and the analysis of highly-automated paradigms as well as those requiring human observations. These projects will include histological, b...
Job Number: 19797
Picower Institute for Learning & Memory Science Full-Time Jun 29, 2021
SENIOR RESEARCH SUPPORT ASSOCIATE, SUR LAB, Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, to participate in exciting, cutting-edge research in understanding brain circuits, how they are made, how they function in a normal brain, and how they function differently in neurodevelopmental disorders. The lab will provide exposure to a variety of new tools and techniques and mentorship by top-level sc...
Job Number: 19796
Full-Time
Jun 29, 2021
SENIOR RESEARCH SUPPORT ASSOCIATE, SUR LAB, Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, to assist with general operational and research-related tasks regarding the role of diverse brain regions involved in information processing. The laboratory utilizes state-of-the-art in vivo imaging techniques and advanced behavioral paradigms to elucidate how cortical circuits involved in learning and memory go...
Job Number: 19662
Full-Time
May 27, 2021
TECHNICAL ASSOCIATE I, TSAI LAB, Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, to assist with research investigating the relationship between brain rhythms and waste clearance pathways. This project operates at the exciting interface of systems neuroscience and cellular biology. Will perform two-photon imaging in awake mice, assist with single-cell RNA-sequencing, and utilize novel imaging moda...
Job Number: 19613
Full-Time
May 17, 2021
RESEARCH SUPPORT ASSOCIATE 1, Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, to assist with genetics, optogenetics, in vivo imaging, and quantitative behavioral experiments aimed at understanding how neural circuits generate patterned activity that gives rise to complex behaviors. Research will use the model system C. elegans. Responsibilities include conducting genetic, optogenetic, imaging, an...
Job Number: 19485
Full-Time
Apr 8, 2021
TECHNICAL ASSOCIATE 1, Picower Institute for Learning and Memory-Chung Lab, to support ongoing research in the Chung Lab, an interdisciplinary research team devoted to developing and applying novel tissue engineering and imaging technologies for integrative and comprehensive understanding of large-scale complex biological systems. Will undertake engineering design, fabrication, and quality c...
Technical Associate I, Tsai Lab- GENUS
Job Number: 19349
Full-Time
Feb 26, 2021
TECHNICAL ASSOCIATE I, TSAI LAB-GENUS, Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, to assist with clinical and translational research evaluating whether Gamma ENtrainment Using Sensory (GENUS) stimulation can be used to help patients with memory impairment or at risk of developing impairment. Through collaboration with MIT’s Clinical Research Center and faculty members across mult...