Apply rodent handling and stereotaxic surgery skills as an 80% Research / Lab Assistant in Basel. Support neuroscience experiments focused on tau pathology.
The Brain Ageing and Neurodegeneration group, led by Prof. Marc Aurel Busche, studies early Alzheimer's disease. You will support a newly funded project combining mouse behaviour, chronic electrophysiological recordings, viral approaches, and neural population activity analysis. The Department of Biomedicine unites basic and clinical scientists across six Basel locations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Perform and support experimental procedures in mice
- Conduct stereotaxic surgeries and behavioural testing
- Support chronic in vivo electrophysiological recordings
- Process histology and prepare ex vivo samples
- Monitor animals throughout experimental procedures
Requirements:
- Hold Swiss LTK1 or equivalent animal experimentation certification
- Bring at least one year of hands-on rodent experience
- Document experiments and monitor animal welfare
- Have experience with rodent stereotaxic surgery
- Communicate effectively in English
Use rodent experimentation, surgery, and behavioural skills to support tau and neural circuit research in Basel.
