NICHD Neuroanatomist

We are seeking a highly skilled Research Scientist to join our team at PriceSenz. The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the planning and execution of research experiments in the context of our laboratory's overall research program.

• Evaluate new techniques, instruments, and software for potential incorporation into current Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Advance the science in the laboratory through new procedures and discoveries.
• Design and conduct experiments and studies requiring the application of a broad professional knowledge of scientific theories and principles.
• Advance the science through proposing and investigating new target projects for initiation based on novelty and relevance to human health.
• Sophisticated skills, knowledge, and experience to perform specific functions to elucidate the structure and organization of Non-Human Primate (NHP) and human brain tissue, including the study of layers and columns and deep brain areas and their connectivity.
• Contractor should have excellent familiarity with below required experimental methods:
  • a. Dissecting and various types of light fluorescence and staining methods of neural tissue.
  • b. Fluorescence light microscopy of fixed tissues expressing various stains and fluorescent proteins.
  • c. Copy and image acquisition or digitization.
  • d. Knowledge of MRI methods that can be used to image fixed tissue.
  • e. Combining, correlating, and integrating histological and MR imaging methods.
• Support laboratory staff on research projects and techniques.
• Work with staff on the interpretation of experiments performed by research scientists.
• Independently direct and conduct special research projects that have a high priority for the laboratory with special emphasis in the development of novel research treatments.
• Work with postdoc/biological scientists to perform statistical analysis for research projects.
• Maintain laboratory equipment and the training of others in their use.
• Provide advice and assistance to users in designing experiments using instrumentation, data acquisition, and analysis, and preparing figures for publication.
• Assist in maintaining adequate space and facilities for ongoing and projected research studies.
• Submit and gain approval of laboratory animal study protocols.
• Manage scientific equipment and resources (e.g. reagents, stocks of frozen samples, animal samples) including acquisition, documentation, and storage.
• Participate in the laboratory's review of future proposals for resource allocations.
• Evaluate, analyze, and interpret research data, communicate results and methods in reports, presentations, and manuscripts.
• Write technical reports and prepare manuscripts.
• Oversee project data quality; analyze and interpret project data.
• Conduct bioinformatics data analyses and statistical analyses; prepare data for abstracts and manuscripts.
• Maintain a detailed and up-to-date electronic laboratory notebook detailing all experiments.
• Contractor should separately and collaboratively analyze data collected in various imaging and histology experiments above and produce detailed written reports of findings, abstracts, journal articles, posters, and other publications, including employee invention reports (EIRs), book chapters, reports, PowerPoint slides, and other indicia of productivity.
• Coordinates with junior staff to modify research protocols.
• Work with Principal Investigators in scheduling and prioritizing instrument usage.
• Suggest alternative or complementary approaches to experiments.
• Presents research at national scientific meetings and symposia.
• Prepare oral presentations and posters for internal and external groups/conferences.
• Coauthor manuscripts on research projects; publish in peer-reviewed journals.
• Write papers and abstracts detailing research efforts and results for publication in peer-reviewed journals; prepare PowerPoint presentations as appropriate.
• Review, edit, and as needed, write first drafts of papers, posters, and manuscripts.
• Give posters and presentations detailing work at regional and national scientific meetings.
• Present results of clinical and experimental research at recognized scientific meetings by lectures and exhibits (poster sessions).
• Provides interpretation of results, guidance, and scientific support to the management team.
• Search existing literature for new and/or relevant techniques.
• Assist the lab staff in the creation and preparation of a variety of documents required by the labs scientific activities.
• Mentors junior level scientists.