Research Assistant - Psychology

Job Summary

Provide, under direct supervision, support for specified research projects; collect, assess, and maintain full-time role as a research assistant in a laboratory within the Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital focused on the study of psychotic disorders.

• Under supervision, run experiments, assays, and record results
• Read and follow experimental protocols (may include animal handling, tissue culture, etc.)
• Compile and communicate results to supervisor
• Follow university safety protocols (may include use of combustibles, radioactivity, toxic material, and/or carcinogens)
• Perform calculations involving molarity, % solutions, and serial dilutions
• Prepare and operate equipment in experimental procedures (blood gas analyzer, centrifuge, pH meter, spectrophotometer, autoclave, scintillation counter, electrophoresis unit, analytical balance, etc.)
• Maintain and repair equipment according to manufacturer and university guidelines
• Ensure laboratory is prepared for experiments
• Maintain inventories
• Maintain sterile conditions as required
• Prepare reagents
• Clean equipment

Experience Level: Less than 1 year

Education: Bachelor's

Certifications: None specified

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