Research Associate II - Brain Cell Type-specific Viral Tools
Seattle, Washington, United States
Job Description
The Allen Institute's Brain Health team seeks a Research Associate II to characterize AAV vectors that target specific brain-cell types across mouse, non-human-primate, and human tissue. Work includes brain-tissue processing, RNAscope and immunohistochemistry, fluorescence microscopy, image analysis, and support for robotic in-vivo viral-injection studies.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in neuroscience
- biology
- or a related field plus at least two years of relevant laboratory research. Required experience includes brain-tissue processing
- histology or RNAscope
- fluorescence microscopy
- and quantitative image analysis
- non-human-primate neuroanatomy and viral-vector experience are preferred.
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