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Research (75%):

• The successful candidate is expected to perform technical/routine lab activities required to accomplish the research project.
• Incumbents in this position is required to be actively and significantly involved in publishable research activities by helping to design, perform and analyze experiments.
• Incumbents will assist their PI in the study design, collecting and interpreting data, and revising plans for future experiments based on results.
• The Junior Specialist will contribute to creative activities by discussing the projects assigned to them during weekly meetings and quarterly lab meetings.
• Incumbents will contribute to scholarly manuscripts by performing, analyzing data, and preparing figures from experiments.
• Incumbents will be creatively involved in assisting with the writing and review of the manuscript by providing detailed protocols and methods and data analysis.
• The incumbent will be expected to be familiar with grants and background literature as part of the scientific or scholarly literature reviews.
• Incumbents will present at regular lab meetings to satisfy professional competence.
• The incumbent will be required to be actively and significantly involved in publishable research activities including data generation, data analysis and figure generation for the NIH/NIAA R01 grants 5R01AA027075-05 “Neuroimmune interaction in Rett syndrome”, 5R01AA027075-05 “Imprinted snoRNA loci and circadian entrainment” and 5R01ES029213-05 “PCB Epigenomic Brain & Behavior Lasting Effects Study (PEBBLES)” as documented by daily record keeping in lab notebooks, journal publications, quarterly lab presentations and weekly meetings with direct supervisor.
• The incumbent will be continuously and effectively engaged in research activity of scholarly quality and significance in the field of human neurologic disorders including Rett syndrome, Prader-Willi syndrome and autistic disorder.

University and Public Service (20%):
• The incumbent may provide university or public service by serving on committees such as DEI. The successful candidate is expected to perform technical/routine lab activities required to accomplish the research project.

Professional Competence (5%):
• Participation in appropriate professional/technical societies such as the American Society of Human Genetics or groups and other educational and research organizations.
• Review of journal manuscripts and other publications related to their area of expertise under the supervision of direct supervisor.
• Additional education and credentials as related to the specialized area of research.

Reporting:
The applicant will work under the supervision of Dag H. Yasui PhD. a project Scientist and Jessica Huang PhD and George Kuodza Post-Doctoral Fellows and PhD candidate graduate students, Viki Haghani, Julia Mouat, and Logan Williams.

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