Research Technician

How to Apply

A detailed cover letter is required for consideration when applying for this position and should be uploaded via the UM Careers website as the first page(s) of a single, electronic document of application materials that also includes your CV or resume. The cover letter should address your specific interest in the position and outline your skills and experience that directly relate to the duties described below.

Summary

The Eban-Rothschild Lab at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, is seeking a motivated Research Technician. Utilizing advanced methodologies like electrophysiological recordings, optogenetics, chemogenetics, and calcium imaging in freely behaving and sleeping mice, our lab investigates the neuronal underpinnings of sleep initiation, memory consolidation, sensory processing during sleep, and huddling behavior. The successful candidate will oversee routine laboratory operations, collaborate with lab members and the Principal Investigator on various projects, and pursue independent research.F/

Mission Statement

The mission of the University of Michigan is to serve the people of Michigan and the world through preeminence in creating, communicating, preserving and applying knowledge, art, and academic values, and in developing leaders and citizens who will challenge the present and enrich the future.

Why Work at Michigan?

In addition to a career filled with purpose and opportunity, the University of Michigan offers a comprehensive benefits package to help you stay well, protect yourself and your family and plan for a secure future. Benefits include:

• Generous time off, including vacation time, sick time, holiday and season days
• A retirement plan that provides two-for-one matching contributions with immediate vesting
• Many choices for comprehensive health insurance
• Life insurance
• Long-term disability coverage
• Flexible spending accounts for healthcare and dependent care expenses

In addition, LSA offers:

• Strong commitment to work/life balance
• Flexible work arrangements with respect to campus stakeholder needs
• Enhanced tuition support programs for LSA courses

Being part of something greater, of serving a larger mission of discovery and care that's the heart of what drives people to work at Michigan. In some way, great or small, every person here helps to advance this world-class institution. It's adding a purpose to your profession. Work at Michigan and become a victor for the greater good.

Responsibilities*

• Conducting mouse husbandry and animal care.
  
• Engaging in research activities, which may include tissue slicing/imaging, behavioral experiments, stereotaxic viral injections, EEG/EMG implantation, lens/fiber optic implantation, neurophysiological recordings, optogenetic/chemogenetic interventions, and in vivo calcium imaging.
  
• Training new lab members, maintaining experimental systems, and supporting various research project aspects.

Required Qualifications*

• Associate degree in Biology, Neuroscience, Biopsychology, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
• 1 to 2 years of relevant laboratory experience.
• Excellent organizational skills. The candidate must be detailed-oriented.
• Strong communication skills.
• Willingness and ability to work with animals.

Desired Qualifications*

• Bachelor's degree in Biology, Neuroscience, Biopsychology, Engineering, Computer Science or a related discipline.
• Experience in stereotaxic surgery in rodents.
• Experience in mouse behavioral testing

Additional Information

The salary range is $33,000 - $37,000. Please note a higher salary may be offered based on equity and the selected candidate's experience.

This is a 12-month term-limited position with the possibility of renewal. The anticipated start date is negotiable.

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

As one of the world's great liberal arts colleges, LSA pushes the boundaries of what is understood about the human experience and the natural world, and we foster the next generation of rigorous and empathetic thinkers, creators, and contributors to the state of Michigan, the nation, and the world.

To learn more about diversity, equity, and inclusion in LSA, please visit lsa.umich.edu/lsa/dei.

To learn more about LSA's Mission, Vision and Values, please visit lsa.umich.edu/strategicvision.

Background Screening

The University of Michigan conducts background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer and may use a third party administrator to conduct background checks. Background checks are performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

Application Deadline

Job openings are posted for a minimum of seven calendar days. This job may be removed from the posting boards and filled any time after the minimum posting period has ended.

U-M EEO/AA Statement

The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.