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Job Number: 20390
Full-Time
Nov 4, 2021
TECHNICAL ASSOCIATE I, TONEGAWA LAB, Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, to join a neuroscience laboratory working on optogenetics-aided anatomical research on learning and memory in rodents. Emphasis will be on networks, microcircuitry, and cell-type specific connectivity. Both classical (injected tracers and standard histological preps) and next-generation approaches (viral vectors)...
Job Number: 20377
Full-Time
Nov 2, 2021
LABORATORY MANAGER, WILSON LAB, Picower Institute for Learning and Memory,to assist with the management of the Wilson Lab. Responsibilities include managing day-to-day operations, e.g., equipment maintanace, data servers, supplies/labstocks, software/licenses, and participating in lab research activities as necessary; maintaining laboratory protocols including those for animal research, EHS...
Job Number: 20348
Full-Time
Oct 27, 2021
TECHNICAL ASSOCIATE I, TSAI LAB, Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, 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 the maintenance of cell lines, including media changes, culturing, and microscopic analysis....
Job Number: 20142
Full-Time
Sep 9, 2021
TECHNICAL ASSOCIATE I, TSAI LAB, Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, 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 analysis of highly-automated paradigms as well as those requiring human observation. These projects will include optog...
Job Number: 20109
Full-Time
Sep 1, 2021
RESEARCH OPTICS AND MICROSCOPY ENGINEER, Picower Institute for Learning & Memory-Chung Lab, to develop high-end microscopes, computational tools, and algorithms for system operation, automation, and raw data processing. Will work with the principle investigator to develop imaging equipment when necessary; find and maintain manufacturing contacts for the fabrication of the specialized res...
Job Number: 20090
Full-Time
Aug 27, 2021
POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE, Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, to join the laboratory of Mriganka Sur, whose goal is to discover fundamental mechanisms of brain wiring and processing and how they go awry in disorders of brain development. Will use human stem cells, combined with cutting edge molecular (RNAseq, scRNAseq, proteomics) and microscopy (IHC, live imaging, confocal, multiphoton...
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: 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...