Laboratory Associate (Tian Lab)
New York, NYJob$59–70K/yrSeen 4 days agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago
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The Laboratory of Cognitive Neural Systems at New York University seeks a Laboratory Associate to support animal care and day-to-day lab operations. The role includes animal maintenance, management and training, surgical assistance, regulatory compliance, and lab supply management. The associate may also contribute to experiments and data analysis, and is expected to help build a new lab over the long term.
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This position is based in New York and the selected candidate will be expected to work onsite as of their effective start date.
Laboratory of Cognitive Neural Systems (PI: Lucas Tian)
Center for Neural Science & Department of Biomedical Engineering | New York University
The Laboratory of Cognitive Neural Systems, based in NYU’s Washington Square campus, is seeking a Laboratory Associate to assist with the day-to-day operations pertaining to animal care. These operations include maintenance of research animals/management/training, assistance with surgical procedures, ensuring regulatory compliance , managing/ordering lab supplies, and other related responsibilities. These operations will contribute to the lab’s mission to understand the neuroscience of learning, abstraction, and generalization—abilities critical for intelligence.
In addition to these core responsibilities, there will be an opportunity to contribute across other diverse lab functions, including experiments and data analysis. This is expected to be a long-term position with the opportunity to help build a new lab and grow alongside it in a position of impact, including helping to build a lab culture of rigor, curiosity and collegiality.
In compliance with NYC’s Pay Transparency Act, the annual base salary range for this position is $58,656 - $70,000. New York University considers factors such as (but not limited to) the specific grant funding and the terms of the research grant when extending an offer.
Required qualifications:
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Bachelor’s degree in Neuroscience, Biology or related field
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Diligent, responsible, and pays great attention to detail.
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Experience working with animals in a laboratory setting.
Preferred qualifications:
- Licensed Veterinary Technician
CV, brief description of experience and interests (1/2 page), contact information for 2-3 references
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NYU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to a policy of equal treatment and opportunity in every aspect of its recruitment and hiring process without regard to age, alienage, caregiver status, childbirth, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, domestic violence victim status, ethnicity, familial status, gender and/or gender identity or expression, marital status, military status, national origin, parental status, partnership status, predisposing genetic characteristics, pregnancy, race, religion, reproductive health decision making, sex, sexual orientation, unemployment status, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. All interested persons are encouraged to apply for vacant positions at all levels.
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- Pay
- This posting$59–70K/yr
- New York median$80–102K/yr523 salary ranges
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- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 3,290 of the 4,853 open Researcher jobs (68%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
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