Senior Research Scientist

Required Qualification: (as evidenced by an attached resume)
Doctoral degree (or foreign equivalent) in Neuroscience or a closely related field. A minimum of five years of postdoctoral research experience in studying rodent systems neuroscience to include at least three years of research experience following the attainment of a doctoral degree. Stereotaxic injection and general animal surgeries, histology, including perfusion, sectioning, immunohistochemistry, in situ hybridization, and imaging, in vivo calcium imaging, behavior experiments and analyses, mouse colony maintenance.

Preferred Qualifications:
Experience in tissue collection for single cell/nucleus RNA sequencing, as well as basic molecular biology. Previous experience in mentoring students.

Primary Purpose:
Stony Brook University has a Research Scientist in the department of Neurobiology & Behavior. The incumbent will develop, design and run research experiments and ensure that all research protocols follow the policies and procedures of Stony Brook University. The Research Scientist will be responsible for the operations of the lab.

* Conduct independent research or teach methods to investigate the neural mechanisms underlying the motor and autonomic control of orofacial behaviors. This will involve viral tracing, manipulation of neural circuits, behavioral experiments, and neural activity recordings.

* Analyze and quantify histology, behavior, and neural recording data.

* Lab management, including oversight/supervision of Undergraduate and/or Graduate students, Research Technicians, or provide training in various research methods. Maintenance of lab including equipment maintenance, mouse care and ordering of needed supplies.

* Prepare manuscripts for publications in peer reviewed and/or scientific journals.

* Other duties as assigned.

Special Notes:
The Research Foundation of SUNY is a private educational corporation. Employment is subject to the Research Foundation policies and procedures, sponsor guidelines and the availability of funding. FLSA Exempt position, not eligible for the overtime provisions of the FLSA. Minimum salary threshold must be met to maintain FLSA exemption.

Resume/CV and cover letter should be included with the online application.

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The starting salary range (or hiring range) to be offered for this position is noted below, it represents SBU's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.