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- Undergraduate degree in Neuroscience or relevant subject area.
- Experience in stereotaxic surgeries, two-photon imaging microscopy and mouse colony management is desirable.
- Excellent attention to detail and record-keeping skills and demonstrated organisational ability.
- Self-reliance, motivation and high-level interpersonal skills and ability to work collaboratively with colleagues.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Research Assistant - Midlothian, United Kingdom - The University of Edinburgh
Description
UE06: £32,982 - £38,205 Per Annum
CMVM / Deanery of Biomedical Sciences / Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences
Contract Type - Fixed-Term: 2 years
Full-time - 35 Hours Per Week
We are looking for a Research Assistant to provide support for ongoing experiments in the Opazo Lab at the UK Dementia Research Institute using immunohistochemistry, confocal and two-photon microscopy, stereotaxic surgeries and AAV-mediated genetic manipulations.
The Opportunity:
To contribute to the aims of our research programme investigating synaptic repair mechanisms for Alzheimer's disease using longitudinal in-vitro and in-vivo imaging microscopy.
Your skills and attributes for success: