Laboratory Assistant - Part-time
Job Description
Summary
The laboratory of Dr. Mingshan Xue ( https://www.bcm.edu/research/faculty-labs/mingshan-xue-lab ) in the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI) is seeking applicants for a Lab Assistant position. The Lab Assistant will work in a multi-disciplinary team to study mouse models of neurodevelopmental disorders. The job duty focuses on analysis of EEG data or fluorescence imaging data from mouse models of epilepsy.
Job Duties
- Inspects and removes recording artifacts from the EEG data.
- Identifiespathological events from the EEG data.
- Classifies brain states based on EEG data.
- Performs computational analysis of EEG signals.
- Identifies specific cells based on protein markers from the fluorescence images.
- Determines the overlaps between different cell-type markers.
- Determines the numbers and locations of labeled cells from different brain regions.
- Organizes and presents results.
- Performs other job related duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
- High School diploma or GED.
- Six months of relevant experience.
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