Animal Biologist (Imaging) - Nih

Global Solutions Network (GSN), a federal government contracting firm, presents this full time, long-termposition supporting GSN's customer at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This position provides a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits.

If interested, please provide an up-to-date resume.

Responsibilities.

• Study the principles of living systems, with particular focus on the effects on animal biology, veterinary medicine, imaging techniques and ancillary laboratory equipment and up to date with the current Animal Care and Use Committee (ACUC) for appropriate care of animals.
• Maintain and update animal protocols for new and existing techniques.
• Prepares animals (mice and rats) for experimental imaging and therapeutic studies including anesthesia, shave, Nair, injection catheters, physiological monitoring, retro-orbital infusion, intraarterial infusion, intracardiac injection, subcutaneous tumor implantation, intraperitoneal injection, surgical techniques, necropsies, blood and tissue sample collection, and proper disposal of animal carcasses.
• Maintain spreadsheet of experiment animal records and clinical care/observations.
• Handle, dissect and euthanize animals.
• Handle experimental animals including tail vein injections, administration of anesthesia and monitoring of animal viral signs.
• Perform experiments and maintain primary tissues and cells in culture, utilizing sterile techniques.
• Perform a variety of specialized tissue fixation, embedding, sectioning, staining and immunohistochemistry, immunofluorescence techniques and perform analysis of animal tissues; prepare frozen slices and paraffin section, appropriately stained to demonstrate normal and abnormal structures and performs light and confocal microscopy.
• Carry out molecular biological experiments, including cell culture, tissue homogenization, protein and RNA extraction techniques, multiplex enzyme-linker immunosorbent assay, Western blotting, RT-PCR, tissue handling and flow cytometry.
• Work with staff to process tissue for immunohistochemistry.
• Update and maintain laboratory notebooks and databases; collect, quantitative analysis; data analysis, figure preparation, and image acquisition; maintain complete and detailed records of all experiments and interpret data.

Qualifications.

• Bachelor's degree in Biology, Molecular Biology, Physiology, Pharmacology, Biomedical Engineering, Nuclear/Industrial Radiology, Biological Technologies, or a related field.
• Knowledge of computers including an understanding of computer hardware, knowledge of a variety of operating systems.
• Knowledge of magnetic resonance imagine (MRI) safety standards, Therapeutic Ultrasound, imaging physics, devices, and techniques that effect imaging technique.

Global Solutions Network, Inc. (GSN) is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. It is the policy of the GSN to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected US veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.