Position Summary

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability or protected veteran status.

Required Degree

Doctorate

Minimum Requirements

• Applicants must have a PhD in neuroscience or a closely‐related field;
• Experience with neuroscience‐related techniques and methods such as laboratory animal handling and husbandry, stereotaxic surgical procedures on rodents, microinfusion with DREADDs or optogenetics, behavioral testing and analysis in rodents, obtaining brain or other tissues from laboratory rodents, cutting brains on cryostat/microtome, immunohistochemistry, in situ hybridization, microscopy;
• Experience with computer software‐based statistical analysis of data;
• Experience with the use of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint software; experience with scientific writing. 

Desired Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal and laboratory skills;
• strong verbal communication skills;
• ability to work in a team as well as independently.

Required Application Materials

Cover letter, CV, and two letters of recommendation

Together-we-will Statement

Review of Applications Begins On

08/17/2022

Summary of Health Risks

Animals

MSU Statement

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Spartans work every day to advance the common good in uncommon ways.Together, we tackle some of the world?s toughest problems to find solutions that make life better?from alternative energy to better food safety to breakthrough medical and environmental applications achieved through rare isotope research.We teach. We explore and we discover. We collaborate and lead. We innovate, inspire, and empower. We achieve our potential and create circumstances that help our students and others achieve theirs.We're good at it, and we've been at it for more than 150 years.The nation?s pioneer land-grant university, MSU began as a bold experiment that democratized higher education and helped bring science and innovation into everyday life. The revolutionary concept became a model for the nation.Today, MSU is one of the top research universities in the world?on one of the biggest, greenest campuses in the nation. Home to nationally ranked and recognized academic, residential college, and service-learning programs, we?re a diverse community of dedicated students and scholars, athletes and artists, scientists and leaders.In ways both practical and profound, we work to create a stronger, more sustainable, and more hopeful future for all.

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