Visiting Researcher
Rutgers University
Recruitment/Posting Title Visiting Researcher Job Category Staff & Executive - Research Support (Laboratory/Non-Laboratory) Department RWJ-Child Health Institute 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 Visiting Researcher for the Child Health Institute of New Jersey at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
Under the direction of Dr. Mark Rossi (Principal Investigator) the Visiting Researcher (VR) will be responsible for the performance and analysis of experiments focused on studying the involvement of the hypothalamus and associated brain regions in regulating feeding and obesity. The project is part of the lab’s goal to understand how the brain orchestrates motivated behavior and how it is altered in pathologies such as obesity, addiction, or eating disorders using in vivo calcium imaging, optogenetics, and electrophysiology.
The VR is expected to have experience in conducting and analyzing scientific experiments involving rodent models and in neuroscience and cellular biology techniques, such as genotyping, survival surgery, histology, microscopy, electrophysiology, calcium imaging, or coding. The VR will be responsible for maintenance and genotyping of the mouse colony and will assist with ongoing research projects in the lab. The VR will also be responsible for ordering reagents and supplies as well as collaborating with the Principal Investigator in monitoring how the resources are used in the lab. The VR is expected to maintain a high level of research competency, knowledge, and skills to perform duties assigned by the Principal Investigator.
In addition, the VR will participate in lab meetings, research in progress seminars, and present at conferences. Applicant will assist in the preparation and writing of scientific manuscripts and grant applications, and in the management of the laboratory, including the training of new personnel and the direct oversight of student aids.
Among the key duties of this position are the following: Maintain the mouse colony, including breeding, weaning, and genotyping. Perform behavioral testing on mice and analyze associated data; perform survival surgery on mice; and perform histological analysis of brain tissue with confocal microscopy. Collect and analyze in vivo calcium imaging and ex vivo electrophysiology data. Assist the Principal investigator in responding to lab safety audits at least twice a year. Keeps up to date on the relevant literature in both peer-reviewed and preprint form. Assists the Principal investigator with the preparation of manuscripts, grant applications and IACUC protocols. Position Status Full Time Hours Per Week Daily Work Shift Day Work Arrangement This position requires a fully on-site work arrangement. FLSA Exempt Grade 99S Position Salary Based on experience; Base salary $50,000 Annual Minimum Salary 00.00 Annual Mid Range Salary 0.00 Annual Maximum Salary 0.00 Standard Hours 37.50 Union Description Temporary Assignments 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 Staff - 12 month Position Pension Eligibility None
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 Visiting Researcher for the Child Health Institute of New Jersey at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
Under the direction of Dr. Mark Rossi (Principal Investigator) the Visiting Researcher (VR) will be responsible for the performance and analysis of experiments focused on studying the involvement of the hypothalamus and associated brain regions in regulating feeding and obesity. The project is part of the lab’s goal to understand how the brain orchestrates motivated behavior and how it is altered in pathologies such as obesity, addiction, or eating disorders using in vivo calcium imaging, optogenetics, and electrophysiology.
The VR is expected to have experience in conducting and analyzing scientific experiments involving rodent models and in neuroscience and cellular biology techniques, such as genotyping, survival surgery, histology, microscopy, electrophysiology, calcium imaging, or coding. The VR will be responsible for maintenance and genotyping of the mouse colony and will assist with ongoing research projects in the lab. The VR will also be responsible for ordering reagents and supplies as well as collaborating with the Principal Investigator in monitoring how the resources are used in the lab. The VR is expected to maintain a high level of research competency, knowledge, and skills to perform duties assigned by the Principal Investigator.
In addition, the VR will participate in lab meetings, research in progress seminars, and present at conferences. Applicant will assist in the preparation and writing of scientific manuscripts and grant applications, and in the management of the laboratory, including the training of new personnel and the direct oversight of student aids.
Among the key duties of this position are the following: Maintain the mouse colony, including breeding, weaning, and genotyping. Perform behavioral testing on mice and analyze associated data; perform survival surgery on mice; and perform histological analysis of brain tissue with confocal microscopy. Collect and analyze in vivo calcium imaging and ex vivo electrophysiology data. Assist the Principal investigator in responding to lab safety audits at least twice a year. Keeps up to date on the relevant literature in both peer-reviewed and preprint form. Assists the Principal investigator with the preparation of manuscripts, grant applications and IACUC protocols. Position Status Full Time Hours Per Week Daily Work Shift Day Work Arrangement This position requires a fully on-site work arrangement. FLSA Exempt Grade 99S Position Salary Based on experience; Base salary $50,000 Annual Minimum Salary 00.00 Annual Mid Range Salary 0.00 Annual Maximum Salary 0.00 Standard Hours 37.50 Union Description Temporary Assignments 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 Staff - 12 month Position Pension Eligibility None
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