Research Specialist

Full-time/Part-time Permanent/Time-Limited

Full-time/Part-time Permanent/Time-Limited Full-Time Permanent

If time-limited, estimated duration of appointment

This position is not eligible for H-1B sponsorship.

One of the best college towns and best places to live in the United States, Chapel Hill has diverse social, cultural, recreation and professional opportunities that span the campus and community.

University employees can choose from a wide range of professional training opportunities for career growth, skill development and lifelong learning and enjoy exclusive perks for numerous retail, restaurant and performing arts discounts, savings on local child care centers and special rates on select campus events. UNC
-Chapel Hill offers full-time employees a comprehensive benefits package , paid leave, and a variety of health, life and retirement plans and additional programs that support a healthy work/life balance.

Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education and research.

Patient care:
We promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.

Education:

We prepare tomorrow`s healthcare professionals and biomedical researchers from all backgrounds by facilitating learning within innovative and integrated curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education to ensure a highly skilled workforce.

Research:
We develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers and resources. We provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our university to support outstanding research. We foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic and population research.

This position is for a research specialist to work in the laboratory of Dr. Adam Hantman at UNC (https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).). Our lab studies how complex networks in the brain control movements. We use modern experimental neuroscience techniques to (1) train mice to perform reaching and grasping tasks, (2) record brain activity from multiple brain areas as mice perform skilled movements, (3) use genetic tools to manipulate brain activity to better understand the neural control of movement.

This position is for an individual to work on a project that is investigating mouse models of developmental disorders. This individual will with work closely with two senior lab members on a project investigating neural dynamics and skilled movement control in mouse models of Angelman syndrome, Dup
15q syndrome, NGLY1 deficiency, Rett syndrome, and Autism spectrum disorder, among others. The major responsibilities of this position include mouse husbandry, mouse training, mouse surgery, histology, and behavioral and neural data preprocessing. The ideal candidate will be highly motivated and interested in the research topic, willing to learn new skills, and with strong attention to detail and ability to carry out tasks in a consistent and accurate manner.

Bachelor’s degree in a discipline related to the area of assignment; or equivalent combination of training and experience. All degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions.

The ideal candidate will have a strong work ethic, be highly organized, have the ability to multi-task, communicate clearly, promote and participate in collaborative endeavors, take…