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Occupational Summary

• Work with other technicians and postdoctoral fellows to maintain our mouse colony, including weening, tagging, and tailing mice and preparing samples for genotyping services.
• Assist postdoctoral fellows with experiments; can be both in vivo, physiology experiments or in vitro, cell-based assays.
• Prepare culture media, chemicals, reagents, and solutions.
• Determine and set up instruments, material and apparatus and operate laboratory equipment required for specific tests.

• Maintain sufficient inventory of material, supplies, and equipment for performance of duties.
  • clean and maintain Laboratory equipment.

If possible, conduct independent experiments to push projects forward.

Required Qualifications at this Level

Education/Training:

Work requires an Associate's degree in botany, biology, zoology, psychology or other science related scientific field.

Experience:

None required above education/training requirement

OR AN EQUIVALENT COMBINATION OF RELEVANT EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE

Preferred Experience:

·        Research experience involving mouse work is a plus

·        Must be detail-oriented, very well organized, and approach laboratory procedures with critical thinking of the technical aspects

·        Strong initiative and eagerness to learn

·        Must adhere to strict safety requirements

·        Ability to work and communicate effectively in a dynamic group environment. 

This is an ideal entry level position for a recent college graduate with an interest in pursuing graduate or professional education (e.g. graduate school, medical school) in the future.

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