Research Officer

The Calcium Signaling Laboratory at NNI is seeking a highly motivated Research Officer. The lab focuses on studying calcium signaling pathways and their implications in neurological diseases.

The selected candidate will support ongoing research projects and be responsible for:

• Maintaining mouse and rat colonies
• Establishing animal disease models and conducting behavioral tests
• Performing immunohistochemical staining of brain slices
• Conducting cell culture and transfection experiments
• Performing biochemical assays and molecular biology techniques, including co-immunoprecipitation (co-IP), cloning, and PCR

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree with a biomedical background
• Ability to perform animal experiments, particularly in models of degenerative diseases such as stroke, traumatic brain injury, vascular dementia, and Alzheimer’s disease
• Proficiency in cell culture, transfection, biochemical assays, tissue sectioning, and immunostaining
• Ability to write reports in English
• Patch-clamp experience is a plus