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Minimum Education
- Perform subcutaneous mice injections, collection blood, serum, plasma samples shipping - Daily
- Meet with lab members to present updates - Weekly
- Track and maintain database for all research activities; update and maintain laboratory notebooks and databases; and record procedures performed in laboratory notebook. 1
- Collect blood and tissue samples from animals. 2
- Prepare animals for experiments. 3
- Ensure the humane treatment of animals in the laboratory. 4
- Provide technical guidance and assistance for researchers interested in well-established protocols. 5
- Provides laboratory experience needed to maintain experimental animal colonies and collect sequential colony census.
- Conduct small animal husbandry, animal handling, and specific procedures.
- Interpret genotyping results and maintain genotyping records.
- Perform genotyping PCR to maintain transgenic mouse colonies used in projects, including images of genotyping PCR gels and tabulation of genotyping results.
- Perform animal handling and specific procedures.
- Perform laboratory task in support of neurological studies in small animals.
- Manage multiple animal studies running concurrently in different phases.
- Perform laboratory and animal technical duties to include, but not limited to: weighing animals and feed, blood withdrawals, performing injections, operating behavioral equipment.
- Maintain animal colonies and organization of animal inventory; monitor procedures; maintain the amounts of animals used and animal procurement.
- Harvest and collect animal embryos, tissues, and organs.
- Prepares / monitors caging environments and animal health.
- Report any animal health, care, and/or well-being concerns to the appropriate facility management staff and facility veterinarians.
- Collaborates with veterinarians in the performance of animal surgeries.
- Prepare animals for surgery and ensure proper disposal of animal carcasses.
- Handle, dissect and euthanize animals.
- Maintains detailed and accurate records.
- Collect both in vivo and ex vivo data; collect and maintain data using various systems.
- Prepare reports for collected data which include representative data, conditions of data collection.
- Maintain integrity of the research process by following good laboratory practices including: detailed record keeping of methods, routine animal observations, data collections.
- Assists with organizing the shipment of mice to and from facility.
- Work with staff on organizing the animal shipment to and from the facility.
- Order and receive small animal shipments.
- Maintains records of animal protocols.
- Perform and maintain records of molecular biology protocols.
- Maintains laboratory stock of reagents and materials.
- Perform routine laboratory maintenance including laboratory stock of reagents and materials.
- Check current inventory in the laboratory and order appropriate animals, media, buffers, reagents, tissue samples and other required materials.
- Performs experimental procedures as well as standardized and specialized tests, exams and vaccinations.
- Conduct in vivo drug studies in animal models.
- Trains other in proper animal handing and surgical procedures.
Minimum Education
- High School
- Animal work
- Work with transgenic mice
- Biological samples shipping
- Biology
- Microsoft
- Power point
- Excel
- Mice injection
- Injection vaccine to the mice
- Mice handling
- Collection mice blood, serum, plasma
