Laboratory Research Assistant

4 days ago


Richmond, Virginia, United States Virginia Jobs Full time
Job Title: Laboratory Technician

Overview

A laboratory technician position is available in the Department of Surgery at Virginia Commonwealth University. The successful candidate will be working in a very active, enthusiastic and highly dynamic pre-clinical translational research laboratory. We are seeking a highly motivated individual.

Job Duties:
  • Preparation of general laboratory reagents, including buffer preparation
  • Maintenance of laboratory stock and ordering
  • General laboratory maintenance, including glass washing and tidying as needed
  • Maintenance of breeding colonies of genetically engineered mice, including accurate and up-to-date records
  • Collection of mouse breeding colony tissue samples and processing for genotyping, requiring animal handling skills
Additional Responsibilities:
  • Learning and performing preparation of small animals for anesthesia and surgery, performing small animal surgeries, drug treatment, monitoring animal recovery, and required institutional record keeping
  • Learning and performing daily post-operative animal care with 100% compliance with VCU IACUC protocols and record-keeping
  • Learning and performing small animal behavioral testing, including motor function, cognition, depression, and pain
  • Learning and performing small animal transcardial perfusions, tissue preparation, cryostat sectioning, fluorescent immunohistochemistry, and stereological cell counts
  • Learning and performing fresh tissue dissection, and techniques including Western blotting, QPCR, and flow cytometry
  • Learning and performing in vitro culturing of either cell lines or primary cell cultures
Requirements:
  • Bachelor's degree in a related field
  • General laboratory skills, including buffer preparation
  • Ability to keep accurate records of daily procedures in a laboratory notebook, with rigorous scientific record keeping required
  • Data entry using Microsoft Excel
  • Ability to work in a diverse environment
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Master's degree


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