The Caras Lab will offer you a great opportunity to work in a lab where several NEUR majors have found a happy research home! More details about the lab and position below.
The Caras Lab is looking for a highly motivated applicant to join our team as a full-time research technician. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing daily laboratory activities, including maintaining the animal colony, ordering supplies, preparing common use solutions, and overseeing lab safety compliance. In addition, the hired applicant will support ongoing projects in the lab by training and testing Mongolian gerbils on auditory detection and discrimination tasks, assisting with or performing survival surgeries, performing perfusions, and processing and imaging histological tissue. The candidate will have the opportunity to gain experience with a number of modern neuroscience techniques, including in vivo electrophysiology, pharmacology, fiber photometry, operant conditioning, chemogenetics, and/or optogenetics. If desired, the candidate may have the option to develop an independent project.
Applicants should possess a B.S. or B.A. in Neuroscience, Biology, Psychology, Pharmacology, Engineering, or a related field. All interested candidates should be highly organized, detail oriented, possess excellent communication skills, enjoy working in a team environment, and be comfortable handling and caring for small animals in a research setting.
We’re ideally looking for a 2+ year commitment.
More information about the lab can be found here: www.caraslab.org
Interested applicants should submit a CV and the names and contact info for at least 2 references to mcaras@umd.edu.
