Entry Lab Sciences Professional

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Entry Lab Sciences Professional - 39886 University Staff Description University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Department: Pediatrics, Section of Developmental Biology Job Title: Entry Lab Sciences Professional Position #: 00848032 – Requisition #: 39886 Job Summary: We seek a highly motivated, enthusiastic, curious, organized, detail-oriented, and team-oriented person to become a full-time professional research assistant (PRA) in the Santoro lab, which is part of the Section of Developmental Biology within the Department of Pediatrics. We use mice as a model to investigate how the mammalian olfactory system’s cellular and molecular composition and organization change based on an individual’s experience , how the cellular composition of the system is maintained throughout life, and how adaptive and regenerative processes decline with age and contribute to age-related olfactory dysfunction. Current projects in the lab focus on how the lifelong birth and survival of olfactory sensory neurons are regulated and the roles of these processes in experience-dependent adaptation and regeneration. It is anticipated that the successful candidate will spend approximately 3/4 of their time...