Research Assistant

Job description

- Based in Parkville + hybrid work arrangements - Part-time (0.8FTE) and 12 Month Fixed Term Contract - $73,350 - $80,065 + 17% Superannuation Who are we?: Deakin is a cutting-edge public university in Victoria, revolutionising education with 61,000 students across five campuses: Melbourne Burwood, Geelong Waurn Ponds, Geelong Waterfront, Warrnambool, and our dynamic online Campus. We're proud to be a progressive and open-minded university, delivering the highest student satisfaction in Victoria and consistently ranked in the top 1% of the world's universities. About the role: This role supports preclinical psychiatry research through the design and delivery of behavioural neuroscience experiments in rodent models. The Research Assistant will work across two major projects: “SYNDICAT: synergy for the development of innovative clinical treatments in schizophrenia” and “Prefrontal dopamine in the dynamic processes of learning across lifetime”. The role involves assisting with behavioural training, tissue collection and sectioning, surgeries, tissue processing (e.g. immunohistochemistry), and microscopy imaging in rodents, as well as supporting broader research activities. You will co...