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Salary Range: $40,326-$45,000 Commensurate with
education, experience, and qualifications.
Job Type: Full Time
Posting Close Date: This position will remain
open until filled. At the discretion of the hiring
department, this posting may close once a sufficient number of
qualified applications have been received.
Required Application Materials:
• Resume is required
• Cover Letter is preferred
Job Details
Job Summary
The Silveira lab is looking for a Research Science Associate II
to contribute to our research in neuroscience. This full-time,
grant-funded position involves conducting experiments, analyzing
data, onboarding new trainees, and supporting lab management. The
role also includes supervising student researchers and
collaborating across teams.
Candidates should be prepared to work on campus.
This is a grant-funded position, which may be
extended or shortened based upon availability of funds and/or
work.
Core Responsibilities
- Contributes to the management of the laboratory, including
placing orders and preparing solutions.
- Successfully and independently acquire electrophysiology
data.
- Successfully perform data analysis and interpretation of
results.
- Manages and genotypes the mouse colony.
- Assists other team members in their projects.
- Trains new personnel in the laboratory.
- Keeps accurate records.
Required Qualifications
- High School Diploma, Vocational Training, or Apprenticeship in
a related field.
- Three (3) years of related work experience.
- Additional education may substitute for experience on a one
year for one year basis.
- This position may require the ability to maintain the security
and integrity of UT San Antonio and its infrastructure per Texas
EO-GA-48.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science or PhD in Neuroscience or a related
field.
- Worked with animal models in a lab environment.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Experience working a laboratory
- Collaboration
- Verbal and Written Communication
- Attention to Detail
- Ability to work with a team of graduate students,
undergraduates, and postdocs
- Ability to work with mice
Working Conditions
- Usual laboratory or office conditions. Sometimes requires
working with hazardous equipment or materials.
Physical Demands
- Regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to feel,
reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear. Repetitive
motions that may include the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
Reaching overhead, at or below shoulder level.
This position will work primarily on campus.
Travel and parking expenses are the employee's responsibility.
This position is contingent upon a successful background check.
Verification of a valid driver's license and Motor Vehicle Record
(MVR) may be completed as applicable. Applicants selected must be
able to show proof of eligibility to work in the United States by
time of hire.
Equal Employment Opportunity
As an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action
employer, it is the policy of The University of Texas at San
Antonio to promote and ensure equal employment opportunity for all
individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender
identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability or
genetic information, and veteran status. The University is
committed to the Affirmative Action Program in compliance with all
government requirements to ensure nondiscrimination.
To view the full job posting and apply for this position, go to
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