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Research Assistant

Specialty
Neurosurgery, Neurology

Charite Kampagne 1350x900 5 Entdeckung 1
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Work time
full-time, part-time

Start date
Ab sofort

Employment period
limited

Application deadline
21.02.2025

Deployment location Charité
Campus Charité Mitte

Jobcode
4306

Salary group
E13

 

Working at the Charité

Berlin is home to a vibrant international Neuroscience research community with research topics spanning from molecular to systems neuroscience and approaches covering fundamental, translational and clinical research. Charité Berlin offers career development trainings and workshops the successful candidate can benefit from. The lab offers individual mentoring and access to state of the art experimental techniques allowing for innovative research. 

Job Overview

Our lab's research is dedicated to uncovering how experiences shape neural activity. We focus on learning, the neural circuits governing flexible behavior, and the disruption of cognitive processes in mental disorders. A key area of our research centers on understanding the mechanisms that increase susceptibility to mental disorders following adverse early life experiences. To address these questions, we use rodent models, implementing advanced techniques such as large-scale electrophysiological recordings with Neuropixels probes, innovative behavioral paradigms, optogenetic perturbations, and advanced data analysis methods.

Your area of responsibility:

  • Conduct behavioral and electrophysiological experiments in rodents 
  • Data analysis for large-scale data sets (including electrophysiological and behavioral data)
  • Interpretation and presentation of results in meetings and conferences
  • Writing and publishing research articles
  • Scientific staff is given sufficient time to carry out their own scientific work in accordance with their employment relationship (§ 110 BerHG)

Required:

  • Master Degree in Neuroscience (or related field + significant neuroscience research experience and knowledge), graded at least 85% of best possible OR PhD in Neuroscience
  • Research experience with rodent models 
  • Experience with behavioral experiments and ideally stereotactic surgery in rodents
  • Experience with optogenetic manipulations and neural recording methods (imaging or silicon probe recordings) in rodents is a plus
  • Experience with immunohistochemical analyses
  • FELASA certificate for animal experimentation or equivalent
  • Experience in scientific programming and data analysis (e.g. Python and/or Matlab) 
  • Analytical approach to  problem solving
  • Interest and ability to work collaboratively in a team
  • Ability to work independently
  • Advanced proficiency in English
  • Please explain in your cover letter why you are interested in our research, why you would like to join our team and the names and contact details of at least three referees 

Advantages at the Charité

  • A highly professional collaboration within a motivated and interdisciplinary team
  • A future-oriented, varied and challenging job with high levels of personal responsibility and personal freedom of action
  • Inter-cultural team events, well-structured onboarding with friendly colleagues
  • Extensive free continuing education and training opportunities up to and including university studies
  • Discounts on various offerings for employees, for example shopping, travel, sports
  • Charité has been certified as a family-friendly university and family-friendly company since 2007

Job Information

  • Salary group E13 according to TVöD- VKA- K. The classification is based on qualification, the respective experience level is calculated from the years of professional experience. The annual salary (gross) is given for a full-time position without annual bonus, allowances and additional services. You can find the collective agreement here
  • The working time is part-time with 25 hours per week to full-time with 38.5 hours per week
  • At our company 30 days of vacation are standard
  • The position is limited until 31.12.2025, as it is tied to the project duration
  • The application deadline is on: 21.02.2025
  • Reference number: 4306
     
     
     
     
     

 

 

Application

 

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For further questions please contact:

Claudia Böhm

claudia.boehm@charite.de

 

More information

Data protection information

The Charité would like to point out that personal data is stored and processed at various locations at the Charité premises (e.g. specialty department, personnel representatives, HR department) as part of and for the purposes of the application process. Furthermore, the data may be transferred or processed within the group and to external bodies (e.g. authorities) to protect legitimate interests. By submitting your application, you agree to our data protection policy and terms of use for application procedures, which you can find here.

Additional information

Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin makes its personnel decisions based on suitability, ability and professional performance. The Charité aims to increase the proportion of women in management positions and therefore strongly encourages women to apply. Women with equivalent qualifications will be given priority within the scope of legal possibilities. Applications from people with a migration background who meet the recruitment requirements are expressly encouraged. Severely disabled applicants with equal qualifications will be given preference. A police good-conduct certificate, in some cases an extended good-conduct certificate, is required at the time of recruitment. Unfortunately, application documents can be returned only if a sufficiently stamped envelope is enclosed. Any incurred travel expenses cannot be reimbursed.