Research Technician II - Hou Lab

Position Description

A Research Technician position is available in the laboratory of Dr. Helen Hou at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (

Position Responsibilities

Depending on the person’s interests and skills, experiments may include: testing rodent behavior, performing optogenetic stimulation, and using in vivo electrophysiology and imaging to record neural activity, dissections and immunostaining of rodent brains, rodent intracranial surgery, as well as building experimental hardware and/or software for data analysis. In addition, responsibilities will include general lab organization and maintaining of rodent colonies. The Research Technician will have the opportunity to work closely with the principal investigator as well as to develop skills as an independent scientist, and contributions to experiments will merit authorship on resulting publications (Four technicians who previously worked with Dr. Hou have been co-authors on papers.)

Position Requirements

Applicants should have a Bachelor’s degree, previous research experience, and a background in a STEM field such as neuroscience, biology, engineering, or computer science. Experience working with rodents, using neuroscience and biology techniques, and/or programming will be judged favorably but not required. We look for candidates who are curious about the brain and behavior. A two-year commitment is preferred.

Environment

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is a world-renowned biomedical research institution in New York. It has shaped contemporary biomedical research and is the home of eight Nobel Prize laureates. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory provides a highly dynamic and interactive research environment and also a unique opportunity of timely exposure to advances in various biomedical research fields and of interaction with a broad range of researchers from all over the world through its renowned Meetings and Courses program.

We believe that science is for everyone. We have had researchers with a variety of backgrounds and believe in the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

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Compensation And Benefits

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