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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BRAIN AROUSAL STATE CONTROL INNOVATION CENTER (BASCIC)
Job Number: 24881
Full-time
3/12/2025
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BRAIN AROUSAL STATE CONTROL INNOVATION CENTER (BASCIC). Picower Institute for Learning & Memory, will direct establishment and operations of BASCIC and its related programs; oversee the BASCIC programs from conception to execution; sets along with Prof Brown milestones to be achieved by the Executive Director at designated points during these 12 months; directs and leads the development of strategic and operation plans for maintaining BASCIC; manages, cultivates, and grows key internal and external partnerships to increase support for BASCIC and its contributions to MIT/MGB and the broader community, including MIT School of Science and other Boston area institutions such as Harvard Medical School and industry partners; directs, writes, and executes comprehensive development management strategies and communications with significant impact; and lead efforts such as fundraising (both philanthropic and grant applications), business planning, programming and workshops.
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Technical Associate I, Fan Lab
Job Number: 24847
Full-Time
2/26/2025
TECHNICAL ASSOCIATE 1, Picower Institute for Learning and Memory-Fan Lab, to support research projects in a lab focused on developing and applying novel high-precision optical and molecular technologies to watch and perturb the brain in action; work with an interdisciplinary team, support the production of high-impact work, and publish investigations; plan and execute wetlab and/or rodent-related experiments related to specific research projects in the laboratory, including molecular cloning, tissue culture, optogenetics experiments, rodent behavior, perfusion, and histology; design and perform one’s own experiments; contribute to the publication of findings; participate in the preparation of written documents, including procedures, presentations, protocols, proposals, and manuscripts; support daily laboratory functions and research by purchasing reagents, maintaining laboratory stocks, overseeing laboratory safety, maintaining laboratory equipment, and managing chemical inventory; interface with veterinary staff and serve as a representative to animal oversight groups; assist with the orientation and training of new staff/students on lab procedures or techniques; and perform other duties as assigned. The lab leverages cutting-edge technologies and integrates them with behavioral, molecular, and computational approaches to understand how the brain encodes, stores, and recalls information.
Patient Coordinator, Tsai Lab
Job Number: 24794
Full-Time
2/26/2025
PATIENT COORDINATOR, TSAI LAB, Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, will assist with clinical research studies conducted at MIT and at MGH that are designed to evaluate whether Gamma ENtrainment Using Sensory (GENUS) stimulation can be used to help people with memory impairment or at risk of developing impairment including outstanding opportunities for gaining experience in clinical research and clinical patient interaction and for participating in ground-breaking translational research; oversee protocol development and IRB submissions and maintain IRB protocols and certifications, with input from researchers and study leaders; serve as primary contact person for study subjects: screen subjects for inclusion in study; schedule, prepare, and help conduct subject study visits; follow up with subjects between study visits; coordinate and participate in activities during study visits such as neuropsych testing, MRI and EEG recording, and sample collection and processing; ensure timely database entry of study notes and data; perform other duties as assigned, including purchasing, maintaining, and shipping study and research materials and occasional visits to subjects’ homes in and around Boston and Cambridge.