Texas A&M University Health Science Center is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate to conduct research into their field of expertise, utilizing skills and expertise granted to them by their education and experience to complete research projects in their field of expertise.
Requirements
- Appropriate PhD in neuroscience, neurophysiology, or a related field
- Patch Clamp electrophysiology: prepping solutions for recordings, cutting live brain slices on a vibratome, and performing voltage and current clamp recordings in neurons
- Rodent survival surgery: coronary ligation (heart failure surgery) for studying the disease in electrophysiology experiments
- Calcium imaging: utilizing calcium dyes or genetically encoded calcium sensors (i.e. GCaMP) to measure and quantify intracellular calcium levels in a live brain slice preparation
- Immunohistochemistry (IHC): transcardial perfusion, fixation, cryostat sectioning, staining, and mounting tissue specimens
- Multiunit electrophysiological experiments, particularly using Neuropixels
- Software Expertise and Data Analysis: pCLAMP, ImageJ, MatLab, Imaris
Responsibilities
- Conducts research into their field of expertise
- Utilizes knowledge and skills granted to them by their education and expertise to complete research projects in their field of expertise
- Analyzes research data and summarizes results
- Writes and may contribute to research papers, articles, and publications
- May assist, mentor, and/or supervise student researchers and/or graduate students who are working on research related to the project
- Prepares presentation materials on research topic that may be presented to small and/or large groups
- Actively participates in the preparation of required technical progress reports to research sponsors
Other
- Appropriate PhD in neuroscience, neurophysiology, or a related field
- Travel to scientific conferences to give presentations
- Apply for career-appropriate grants and fellowships under the guidance of the PI
- Assist with the preparation and cleaning of worksite
- Must pass a criminal history investigation
