Title:  Student Helper

Summary

The laboratory of Dr. Mingshan Xue (https://www.bcm.edu/research/labs/mingshan-xue) in the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI) is seeking applicants for a Student Helper position. The Student will work in a multi-disciplinary team to study mouse models of neurodevelopmental disorders. The role focuses on analysis of EEG data or fluorescence imaging data from mouse models of epilepsy. We are seeking a candidate who is highly motivated, detail-oriented, and interested in biomedical research.

Job Duties

• Inspects and removes recording artifacts from the EEG data.
• Identifies pathological events from the EEG data.
• Classifies brain states based on EEG data.
• Identifies specific cells based on protein markers from the fluorescence images.
• Determines the overlaps between different cell-type markers.
• Determines the numbers and locations of labeled cells from different brain regions.
• Organizes and presents results. 

Minimum Qualifications

• Must be a High School or College Student (undergraduate or graduate).
• No experience required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with programming in Python is a plus, but not required.