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Technical Associate I, Fan Lab
  • Job Number: 25910
  • Functional Area: Research - Scientific
  • Department: Picower Institute for Learning & Memory
  • School Area: Science
  • Pay Range Minimum: $50,000
  • Pay Range Maximum: $63,000
  • Employment Type: Full-Time
  • Employment Category: Exempt
  • Visa Sponsorship Available: No
  • Schedule:
  • Pay Grade: No Grade


Posting Description

TECHNICAL ASSOCIATE 1, FAN LAB, Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, to support specific research projects. Research focuses on developing and applying novel high-precision optical and molecular technologies to watch and perturb the brain in action, leveraging these cutting-edge technologies and integrating them with behavioral, molecular, and computational approaches to understand how the brain encodes, stores, and recalls information. Will have the opportunity to work with our interdisciplinary team, support the production of high-impact work, and publish the investigations.

The full job description is available here: https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:va6c2:0935b7c0-8c3a-4a89-b7b3-bab93555a15b

Job Requirements

REQUIRED: Bachelor's degree in neuroscience, bioengineering, chemistry, molecular and cell biology, or related scientific field; a minimum of two years of relevant laboratory research experience; ability to work independently with minimal supervision and collaboratively across groups; and strong technical, time-management, planning, problem-solving, organizational, interpersonal, and verbal and written communication skills.

7/31/2026