Marshall University
Research Assistant
🇺🇸 Huntington, WV
🕑 Full-Time
💰 TBD
💻 Research
🗓️ August 6th, 2025
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- Conduct behavioral testing and implement surgical techniques including jugular catheterization and stereotaxic surgery in laboratory mice.
- Maintain a colony of approximately 200 experimental mice.
- Perform tissue harvesting, wet lab, and cryostat techniques for sample preparation.
- Collaborate with technicians, doctoral students, and research scientists in coordinating laboratory tasks.
- Preferred education: Bachelor's degree in neuroscience, psychology, biology, or related field; a Master's degree is beneficial but not required.
- Beneficial experience includes research with rodents, machine learning programming in Python or R, bioinformatics, and computer-aided design with tools like Fusion 360, CNC router, lathe, and 3D printing.
- Work involves genetic and behavioral neuroscience research techniques such as operant conditioning, intravenous drug self-administration, and RNA sequencing analysis.
- Salary is commensurate with qualifications, education, experience, and internal equity.
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- Résumé or CV emphasizing prior research experience
Position Title | Research Assistant
Classification Title | MURC-Biological Scientists
Department | SOM-BioMedical Science - RC5130
Job Description | We are currently seeking a self-motivated and highly organized research assistant to support the lab of Dr. Price E. Dickson at the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine at Marshall University in Huntington, WV.
The Dickson Laboratory investigates the genetic drivers of drug addiction using the following approaches:
- Behavioral neuroscience- Behavioral genetics- Systems genetics- Recombinant inbred mouse panels- Operant conditioning- Intravenous drug self-administration- Machine learning approaches for analysis of mouse behavior- Omics approaches including bulk, single-cell, and spatial RNA-seq- Bioinformatics analysis of omics data- Calcium imaging techniques including fiber photometry and miniaturized microscopes
Principal Responsibilities- Behavioral testing of mice- Learning and implementing surgical techniques in the laboratory mouse including intravenous jugular catheterization and stereotaxic surgery- Maintaining a colony of experimental mice (~200 cages)- Tissue harvesting and preparation of tissue samples for sequencing- Wet lab techniques- Cryostat techniques- Coordinating these tasks with a team of technicians, doctoral students, and research scientists
Location | MUSOM - Marshall University School of Medicine
Salary Range | Salary is commensurate with qualifications, education, experience, and internal equity.
Experience | Experience with the following techniques would be beneficial but is not required- Research experience using mice or rats- Previous experience with one or more of the techniques used in Dr. Dickson’s laboratory- Building and troubleshooting computer workstations in both Windows and Linux environments- LLM-facilitated computer programming in Python or R- Computer aided design and manufacturing in aluminum and plastic using the following tools: Fusion 360, CNC router, lathe, 3D printer
Experience | Previous experience with one or more of the techniques used in Dr. Dickson’s laboratory would be beneficial but is not required
Open Date | 08/05/2025
Close Date |
Open Until Filled | Yes
Special Instructions Summary | Please attach the following information in a single PDF document as part of your application:
- Résumé or CV emphasizing prior research experience- Cover letter that touches briefly on your background, your interest in this position, and why you think you would be an ideal fit
- * Do you have a Bachelor's degree in neuroscience, psychology, biology, or a related field?
- Yes
- No
- Cover Letter
- CV or Resume
One John Marshall Drive
Huntington, WV 25755
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