Research Technician
Texas A&M University
Bryan, TX
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JOB DETAILS
LOCATION
Bryan, TX
POSTED
30+ days ago
Job Title
Research Technician
Agency
Texas A&M University Health Science Center
Department
Neuroscience & Experimental Therapeutics
Proposed Minimum Salary
Commensurate
Job Location
Bryan, Texas
Job Type
Staff
Job Description
Our Commitment
Texas A&M University is committed to enriching the learning and working environment by promoting a culture that respects all perspectives, talents & lived experiences. Embracing varying opinions and perspectives strengthens our corevalues which are: Respect, Excellence, Leadership, Loyalty, Integrity, and Selfless Service.
Who we are
As one of the fastest-growing academic health centers in the nation, Texas A&M Health (https://health.tamu.edu/index.html) encompasses five colleges and numerous centers and institutes working together to improve health through transformative education, innovative research and team-based health care delivery.
What we want
The Research Technician I performs entry level, semi-skilled, technical support research work involving performance of routine tasks.
What you need to know
Salary: W ill be commensurate based on the selected hire’s education and experience .
Location: Bryan, TX
Schedule: Full-Time; Flexibility with work schedule, including evenings and weekends as per the project study needs.
Please note: This position is grant funded; future employment may be contingent upon future funding .
Apply! Submitting a cover letter, resume/CV to assist us with the review process. You may upload these documents to the application under CV/Resume .
Required Education and Experience
+ High school diploma or equivalent combination of education and experience.
+ Two years of laboratory, research, or related experience.
Preferred Qualifications
+ Bachelor’s degree in biological or biomedical sciences or neuroscience.
+ Knowledge of TBI and epilepsy, scientific apparatus, and computer equipment.
+ Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
+ Working experience in a neuroscience EEG research lab; knowledge of advanced brain EEG software; experimental neural techniques and analysis; behavioral studies and interpretation; stereology and histology knowledge; pharmacological studies and data compilation experience in a research lab.
+ Knowledge of data analytics, lab equipment, EEG, and computer systems.
+ Ability to help research staff with advancing analytical studies and support with the neural signal techniques.
+ Ability to read, analyze and interpret EEG, analysis and pattern formations.
+ Ability to organize, conduct and report pharmacological studies and experiments.
+ Experience working with EEG studies, data compilation and analysis.
+ Ability to read temporo-spatial progression of seizures, and behavioral patterns.
Responsibilities
Research Technical Support
+ Assembles and operates technical equipment.
+ Sets-up and maintains equipment for the assigned laboratory and updates laboratory computers.
+ Maintains inventory and orders parts and supplies as needed.
+ Maintains laboratories according to Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) specifications.
+ Provides logistical support with computers in the laboratory.
+ Performs laboratory and prep room cleanup.
Research Procedure Support
+ Assists senior staff members in conducting major field experiments and consults in developing procedures.
+ Assists with the participant (subject) pool by recruiting, screening, and maintaining records on research participants.
+ Assists undergraduate and graduate students with their research projects.
Epilepsy and Brain Research
+ Assist and perform epilepsy and TBI research with laboratory methods and techniques, carrying out procedures, and recording data in the lab.
+ Assist and perform data collection procedures involving brain signals. Assist with neuroscience data compilation, archiving and analysis. Assist and perform experiments procedures involving brain EEG recording. Assist with neuroscience EEG analysis studies.
+ Assist in performing technical operations relevant to specialized electrodes and EEG tools. Assist personnel involved in a series of brain section studies. Assists and performs pharmacological studies and data compilation in the lab.
General Lab
+ Coordinate lab compliance and materials for research projects.
+ Order and maintain scientific supplies and equipment.
+ Prepare and maintain record and lab protocols.
+ Make record of neural observations and EEG monitoring.
+ Assist and edit for scientific manuscripts.
+ Coordinate work progress with campus and external collaborators.
Training
+ Participates in training and professional development sessions as needed.
Why Texas A&M University?
We are a prestigious university with strong traditions, Core Values, and a community of caring and collaboration. Amenities associated with a major university, such as sporting and cultural events, state-of-the-art recreation facilities, the Bush Library and Museum, and much more await you. Experience all that a big city has to offer but with a reasonable cost-of-living and no long commutes.
+ Medical, (https://www.tamus.edu/benefits/medical/) prescription drug, dental, (https://www.tamus.edu/benefits/dental/) vision, life and AD&D, (https://www.tamus.edu/benefits/life-add/) flexible spending accounts , and long-term disability insurance (https://www.tamus.edu/benefits/long-term-disability/) with Texas A&M contributing to employee health and basic life premiums
+ 12-15 days (https://employees.tamu.edu/employee-relations/leave/index.html) of annual paid holidays
+ Up to eight hours of paid sick leave (https://employees.tamu.edu/employee-relations/leave/paid/sick.html) and at least eight hours of paid vacation (https://employees.tamu.edu/employee-relations/leave/paid/vacation.html) each month
+ Automatic enrollment in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (https://www.trs.texas.gov/Pages/Homepage.aspx)
+ Health and Wellness: Free exercise programs and release time (https://flourish.tamu.edu/wellness-release-time/)
+ Professional Development: All employees have access to free LinkedIn Learning (https://linkedinlearning.tamu.edu/) training, webinars, and limited financial support to attend conferences, workshops, and more
+ Educational release time and tuition assistance (https://livingwell.tamu.edu/employee-tuition-assistance) for completing a degree while a Texas A&M employee
+ Living Well, (https://livingwell.tamu.edu/) a program at Texas A&M that has been built by employees, for employees
Instructions to Applicants: Applications received by Texas A&M University must either have all job application data entered, or a resume attached. Failure to provide all job application data or a complete resume could result in an invalid submission and a rejected application. We encourage all applicants to upload a resume or use a LinkedIn profile to prepopulate the online application.
All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution’s verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution’s procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check.
Equal Opportunity/Veterans/Disability Employer.
About the Company
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Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University is dedicated to the discovery, development, communication, and application of knowledge in a wide range of academic and professional fields. Its mission of providing the highest quality undergraduate and graduate programs is inseparable from its mission of developing new understandings through research and creativity. It prepares students to assume roles in leadership, responsibility and service to society. Texas A&M assumes as its historic trust the maintenance of freedom of inquiry and an intellectual environment nurturing the human mind and spirit. It welcomes and seeks to serve persons of all racial, ethnic and geographic groups as it addresses the needs of an increasingly diverse population and a global economy. In the 21st century, Texas A&M University seeks to assume a place of preeminence among public universities while respecting its history and traditions.
COMPANY SIZE
500 to 999 employeesINDUSTRY
Education
FOUNDED
1876
WEBSITE
http://www.tamu.edu/index.html