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• Job Type: Support Staff - Non-Union
• Regular/Temporary: Regular
• Hours Per Week: 35
• Building: Jerome L. Greene Science Center
• Salary Range: $45,000 - $55,000

Position Summary

Columbia University's Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute brings together world-class scientists across academic disciplines conducting pioneering research to transform our understanding of how the brain works - and gives rise to mind and behavior. The Institute fosters a collaborative and inclusive environment across 50+ labs, advancing insights into human health by exploring how the brain develops, performs, endures and recovers.

At the Zuckerman Institute, we are committed to becoming a more inclusive, equitable and diverse place of scientific discovery and support a culture of respect. Promoting diversity in science will help drive the transformative science that can change the world.

Situated in the Jerome L. Greene Science Center on Columbia's Manhattanville campus, the state-of-the-art building offers an environment where the highest level of scholarly scientific research takes place on a daily basis, with the benefit of being located in the heart of New York, one of the world's most vibrant and culturally rich cities.

The laboratory of Gwyneth Card at the Zuckerman Institute has an open position for a highly motivated Research Staff Assistant to work in a cutting-edge neuroscience laboratory. Working alongside postdoctoral researchers and reporting directly to the Principal Investigator (PI) the laboratory studies Drosophila escape behavior in ecologically relevant situations. We seek a highly motivated, skilled, and dynamic individual who is enthusiastic about a career in science. This is a grant-funded, full-time position.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Performing daily robot or manual fly-flipping runs.
• Check for sick fly stocks and perform hand fly flipping until stock is healthy.
• Manage online fly stock databases, including entering in new fly entries.
• Train on neural Drosophila dissections for Split-Gal4 imaging pipeline.
• Assist with administrative and documentation tasks that relate to the lab.
• Help with general lab maintenance.

Minimum Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree in neuroscience, biology, or other related area of science is required.
• A minimum of 2 years of related experience in a research environment is required.

Preferred Qualifications

• General laboratory skills such as pipetting, maintaining chemical inventory, working with microscopes.
• Familiarity with Drosophila stock maintenance and dissections.
• Knowledge of Drosophila genetics is a plus.