Georgetown University Medical Center seeks to improve human health by enhancing its research capacity in neuroscience, specifically by studying an animal model of a neurodegenerative disease to understand the role of a receptor in brain function.
Requirements
- Master degree in Neuroscience
- At least 6 months of experience with rodents are required
- know how to handle mice
- carry out behavioral tests
- perform euthanasia at the end of the experiments
- be able to dissecting their brain areas
Responsibilities
- Conduct animal studies on a daily basis
- perform histological examination of mouse brains, which requires sectioning of brains
- perform behavioral studies in mice and, in particular, examine impairment of motor activities
- data analysis, including applying statistical tests.
- conducting experiments in mice that are genetically unique
- behavioral studies (motor and cognitive)
- analyses of brain sections for signs of neuronal abnormalities, using immunohistochemistry
Other
- This position has been designated as On-Campus.
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