Event: Admissions Seminar for Prospective Medical Students, NJMS (Rutgers)

Attendees will have the opportunity to learn more about Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (NJMS) including all aspects of our admissions process, the curriculum, clinical and research opportunities, student programs and support services. The event will also include faculty and student perspectives and a dedicated Q&A session.

Registration is required and limited to only one session to ensure everyone has the opportunity to participate. Upon receiving your registration, you will receive a confirmation email with the Zoom meeting information. Register here.

Upcoming Sessions (register for only one)::

• Tuesday, April 20th 4:00pm-6:00pm 

• Saturday, May 8th 12:00pm-2:00pm 

If you have any questions or require additional information, please feel free to contact njmsadmiss@njms.rutgers.edu.

Job Opportunity: Research Assistant, Morishita Lab, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Morishita lab (http://www.morishita-lab.com/) has an opening for a full-time research assistant position to participate in the studies of cortical mechanisms of social circuit and behavior development relevant to neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders. We use mouse models and take an integrated approach, combining molecular, anatomical, electrophysiological, and behavior methodologies. See Yamamuro et al Nature Neuroscience 2020, Bicks et al Nature Communications 2020 for relevant work.

This position provides the opportunity to gain significant research in an interdisciplinary lab environment, as well as to contribute to papers. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: conducting a variety of social behavior testings, data analysis, histologist characterization, and exposure to advanced circuit manipulations and measurements.

Qualification: Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences required; background in neuroscience preferred. We
value diversity and inclusion. Minimum of 2 years of commitment is expected.

Application: Please send cover letter, CV, and contact information for more than 3 references as a
single attached file to: hirofumi.morishita@mssm.edu

Cambridge Coaching MCAT Webinar: Electrochemical Cells for the MCAT

 It's a weekly live webinar about a high yield MCAT topic. It's short, sweet, and packed with valuable insight into both the topic at hand and how it's tested on the MCAT. While we are in the process of developing these materials, we are offering the webinar for free. Consider yourself a pilot student for a future Cambridge Coaching MCAT course, or textbook, or self-study platform (only the future can tell). All we ask in exchange is that you keep coming, participate in Q & A, share your feedback, and let friends know about this resource. This webinar's topic will be Electrochemical Cells for the MCAT, and will take place Friday April 29 at 1pm EST. 

Register for this week's webinar here.

Job Opportunity: Research Technician B, Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Position Summary
The Technician B will be responsible for, but not limited to, performing a wide variety of histological and molecular biology procedures on human postmortem brain tissue samples for several projects in the lab. Techniques include vibratoming, immunohistochemistry, Western blots, post-mortem brain catalog/organizing and extensive microscopy work. The technician will perform quantitative morphologic analyses, including collecting microscopic images and characterizing axonal and synaptic changes and a variety of other neuropathologic parameters. Further duties will include organizing the storage of formalin fixed brain samples and histology slides, data management, and performing other related tasks that are necessary to the functioning of the laboratory

Responsibilities
Technician B will work in concert with other lab personnel to both perform experiments and analyze data from experiments essential for grant objectives, while also organizing and cataloging formalin fixed brain samples. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, preparing samples for histology core, prepare samples for cutting via vibratome or cryostat, perform immunnohistochemical staining, perform protein extractions and western blot analysis, image-stained brain sections, analyze stained brain sections with quantitative microscopic methods, and organize data from experiments for manuscript preparation.
 
Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in biology, biomedical science, or comparable scientific field acceptable or equivalent in education, training, and experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in molecular biologic techniques is highly desired

Other Requirements

• We are looking for someone who can commit a minimum of two years to this position

More information and application available here.