Salary: $46,092 - $58,741

Grade: 12

The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc seeks a qualified, intelligent, and motivated Research Technician to participate in a mouse neural circuits lab studying psychiatric disorders. The successful candidate will work directly with investigators performing duties as necessitated by ongoing experiments. The successful candidate must demonstrate good judgment and the ability to work without continuous supervision.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

1) Mouse colony husbandry of transgenic mouse lines

2) Histology: tissue sectioning & staining

3) Order inventory

4) Stereotaxic surgery implanting custom microdrives and viral infusions

5) Building custom microdrives for implantation

6) Behavioral testing mice

7) Scoring behavioral tests

8) Assist in data analysis via Matlab

9) Support on-going experiments as needed by investigators

Minimum Qualifications:

A Bachelor's degree in biology, chemistry, or a related science

Minimum one year experience in mice behavior, particularly reward-seeking.

Preferred Qualifications:

Previous experience with MATLAB and in vivo recordings preferred.

RFMH employees may be required to be vaccinated for COVID-19 depending on work location and must provide proof of vaccination. Individuals that are not vaccinated for COVID-19 are ineligible for appointment to positions that require vaccination. Fully vaccinated is defined as two (2) or more weeks since receiving either the second dose in a two-dose COVID-19 vaccination series (e.g., Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna) or the first and only dose of a single-dose vaccine (e.g., Johnson & Johnson [J&J]/Janssen).

Work Location: 1051 Riverside Drive, Kolb Annex Building, First Floor, Room 136, New York, NY 10032

To Apply: Submit an application through our website at https://nyspi.applicantpro.com/jobs/ no later than May 18, 2023. Please note- only applications submitted through our website will be considered.

The Research Foundation is a private not-for-profit corporation and is not an agency or instrumentality of the State of New York. Employees of the Research Foundation are not state employees, do not participate in any state retirement system, and do not receive state fringe benefits. Excellent Benefits Package. Employer/Minority/Women/Disabled/Veteran Employer. VEVRAA 41 CFR 60-300.5(a) compliant.