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The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences within the UW School of Medicine is the third largest clinical department  with 285 full-time faculty members, 280 clinical faculty members, and over 300 staff. Department faculty provide clinical services in 5 hospitals, 14 primary care locations, and several outpatient sites in addition to telepsychiatry consultations to more than 150 clinics in Washington and beyond. As the only academic psychiatry department serving the five state WWAMI region (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, Idaho), the Department’s highly competitive residency training program is largely responsible for developing the mental health workforce in the Pacific Northwest. The Department’s robust research portfolio totals $35 million in grants and contracts per year for projects ranging from clinical neurosciences to treatment development to health policy and population health. The Department is recognized as an international leader in developing, testing, and implementing Collaborative Care, an integrated care model increasingly seen as a solution for population-based mental health care. Other areas of excellence include Addictions, Autism, High Risk Youth, Neurosciences, and Trauma, and the Department is developing innovative new programs in Technology and Mental Health, Global Mental Health, Maternal and Child Mental Health, and Targeted Intervention Development.

The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences is recruiting for a Research Scientist/Engineer.

The purpose of the research project is to determine how ion channels expressed in the brain regulate the function of midbrain dopamine producing neurons with relevance to health and disease.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Mouse behavior with fiber photometry, such as conditioned place preference and operant tasks. 30%
•Collection of perfused brain tissue for in situ hybridization microscopy. 10
•Confocal, 2-photon and light sheet in situ microscopy. 10%Analysis of datasets using established pipelines. 20%
•Assistance with general molecular genetics methods in support of microscopy projects. 20%
•Assistance with documentation for protocols and datasets. 10%

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

•Bachelor's degree in Neuroscience, Engineering, Biology, or related field
•1 year work related experiences
•Mouse handling experience, histological methods, PCR

Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license/certification/registration.

DESIRED REQUIREMENTS:

•Familiarity with R, MATLAB and Python. Familiar with common molecular genetics methods and rodent behavioral procedures

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