Position Overview
Professor Andre Fenton’s Lab (Center for Neural Science, NYU; https://as.nyu.edu/cns/people/faculty.andre-fenton.html) Is searching for a full-time Laboratory Associate to join their team. The person hired will be involved in all aspects of animal care and husbandry, routine health care procedures, daily animal evaluations, animal surgeries, general technical assistance to the researcher and animal training.
Responsibilities include:
- Behavioral training and testing of research animals.
- Interacts and coordinates with veterinary services staff to assure health and welfare of animals.
- Monitors and cares for pre-operative and post-operative veterinary patients.
- Performs sterile surgery on animals.
- Histology.
- Assists and interacts with investigative staff to meet their research needs.
- Trains and orients new employees and research staff, as needed.
- Assistance with electrophysiological measurements.
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