Technical Manager (Lab) Jobs

We are looking for a Technical Manager for BRAIN CoGS at Princeton University, to contribute to cutting-edge Neuroscience research and push the frontier of large-scale data science. BRAIN CoGS is a lively community spanning half a dozen leading laboratories that collaborate to study how brain circuits generate working memory and decision-making. This project is supported by the National Institutes of Health’s Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative. Experimental methods include two-photon, three-photon, and light-sheet microscopy; optogenetics; deep-brain imaging and many-electrode recording;
transsynaptic circuit tracing; GFP-based probes of brain circuit activity; and machine learning.

The Technical Manager will work closely with our contributing labs to develop and maintain experimental equipment and procedures across the collaboration, including virtual reality behavioral setups for small animal experiments.

The Technical Manager will be responsible for (1) building and maintaining experimental setups for behavioral testing and neural recordings and perturbations; (2) establishing procedures for standardizing, monitoring and troubleshooting experimental setups, including animal subjects, surgical procedures, apparatus, etc; (3) managing technicians who train animals on the experimental set-ups; and (4) coordinating with the data management team to ensure reliable and efficient sharing and pooling of data from the experimental set-ups across different labs.

The term of this appointment is one year, with the possibility of renewal based upon satisfactory performance and funding.

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This position is subject to the University's background check policy

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