New Brunswick, NJ, USA
37 days ago
Temporary Research Assistant, Multiple Vacancies - Oldenburg Lab
Recruitment/Posting Title Temporary Research Assistant, Multiple Vacancies - Oldenburg Lab Job Category Staff & Executive - Research Support (Laboratory/Non-Laboratory) Department RWJ-CABM Overview New Jersey’s academic health center, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) takes an integrated approach to educating students, providing clinical care, and conducting research, all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers University–New Brunswick and collaborating university wide, RBHS includes eight schools, a behavioral health network, and five centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, advanced biotechnology and medicine, environmental and occupational health, and health care policy and aging research. 
  
Our faculty are teachers, clinicians, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health careers. 
  
Our clinical and academic facilities are located throughout the state—at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, including Piscataway; and at locations in Newark, Scotch Plains, Somerset, Stratford, and other locations. Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, Newark’s University Hospital in Newark, and other affiliates. 
  
Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives. Posting Summary Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is seeking a Temporary Research Assistant for the Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine (CABM) on the Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences Campus in Piscataway, New Jersey.

The primary purpose of the Temporary Research Assistant is to perform research activities in a laboratory investigating the role of neural activity in guiding and initiating motor actions. The Temporary Research Assistant will assist the research of other scientists in the lab and maintain the laboratory’s animal colony.

Among the key duties of this position are the following:

Handles, breeds, genotypes, and trains rodents for experimental purposes. Maintains databases of lab equipment, reagents, and animals.  As directed, performs standard experiments in the lab: Rodent behavioral training, microscopy, multiphoton imaging, rodent surgical procedures, PCR, etc.  Attends and participates in regular lab meetings. Keeps detailed records of procedures and experiments. May be required to compile data and present results. Position Status Part Time Hours Per Week Daily Work Shift Day Work Arrangement This position requires a fully on-site work arrangement.  FLSA Nonexempt Grade 99H Position Salary Annual Minimum Salary 00.00 Annual Mid Range Salary 0.00 Annual Maximum Salary 0.00 Standard Hours 40.00 Union Description Hourly Employees Payroll Designation PeopleSoft Benefits Rutgers offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees. For details, please go to http://uhr.rutgers.edu/benefits/benefits-overview.



Seniority Unit Terms of Appointment Temporary Staff Appointment - Hourly Position Pension Eligibility None
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