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Req #: 233055

Department: DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY

Posting Date: 04/09/2024

Closing Info: Open Until Filled

Salary: $3,887 - $5,000 per month

Shift: First Shift

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As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem-solving skills and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world.

UW faculty and staff also enjoy outstanding benefits, professional growth opportunities and unique resources in an environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits and natural beauty.

The Soden Lab in the UW Department of Pharmacology is seeking a Research Scientist/Engineer 1 (NE S UAW RSE) to support research projects aiming to understand the dissociable roles of neuropeptides and fast neurotransmitters within neural circuits that regulate dopamine neuron activity and dopamine release.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Research activities (75%)

• Perform optogenetic and fiber photometry experiments in mice.

• Perform genotyping of mouse lines.

• Perform histology on mouse brain tissue.

• Perform additional experiments as requested.

• Assist with data processing and analysis.Laboratory management (25%)

• Assist with mouse colony management, including breeding and weaning mice.

• Assist with lab organization and ordering of supplies.

• Assist with supervising undergraduate student research volunteers. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree in biology, neuroscience, biochemistry, or molecular biology and one of experience handling laboratory rodents and preforming mouse behavioral experiments

• Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license/certification/registration. DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in biology, neuroscience, biochemistry, or molecular biology.

• One to three years of job-related experience.

• Experience handling laboratory rodents.

• Experience with mouse behavioral experiments.

• Experience with fiber photometry.

• Experience with basic coding in Matlab or Python. Application Process: The application process may include completion of a variety of online assessments to obtain additional information that will be used in the evaluation process. These assessments may include Work Authorization, Cover Letter and/or others. Any assessments that you need to complete will appear on your screen as soon as you select “Apply to this position”. Once you begin an assessment, it must be completed at that time; if you do not complete the assessment, you will be prompted to do so the next time you your “My Jobs” page. If you select to take it later, it will appear on your "My Jobs" page to take when you are access ready. Please note that your application will not be reviewed, and you will not be considered for this position until all required assessments have been completed.

University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.