Biological Scientist I-Department of Neurosurgery-Spine
About The Position
This position involves performing laboratory techniques such as molecular biology (PCR, nucleic acid extractions specifically RNA), microscopy, immunohistochemistry, and western blot. The role may assist the Principal Investigator (PI) in providing technical supervision and assistance to students and volunteers. It also includes providing animal support services for faculty, participating in optimizing existing methods to study biological processes, and modifying existing guidelines for procedures. Responsibilities extend to scheduling Animal Services surgical suites, coordinating tasks, providing anesthesia and surgical support for multiple species, maintaining preclinical health records, administering medications, wound care, and surgical/post-surgical monitoring. The position will oversee undergraduate students in their research involving animal work and provide various support services including technical, irradiation, and rodent surgical suite/anesthesia cart support. Processing incoming animals and assisting with routine health maintenance are also key duties. The role requires conducting preclinical experiments in animal models of neural disease, specifically brain tumors and tumor metastases, overseeing their execution, maintaining accurate laboratory records, and preparing research findings. Assisting with designing sampling plans, coordinating sample collection, and modifying existing protocols to improve techniques or incorporate new diagnostic procedures are also part of the job. Searching scientific literature to select and modify methods and procedures is expected. Additionally, the position involves collecting biological and tissue specimens from laboratory animals, including blood samples and tissues from necropsy animals, and completing necessary laboratory records and requisitions.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in biology or a closely related life science field.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with cell culture and/or animal models
- Mouse/rat surgical procedures
- Microscopy
- Molecular techniques (immunohistochemistry)
- Basic statistical methods
Responsibilities
- Perform laboratory techniques including: molecular biology (PCR, nucleic acid extractions specifically RNA), microscopy, immunohistochemistry, western blot.
- Assist PI in providing technical supervision and assistance to students and volunteers.
- Provide animal support services for faculty.
- Participate in optimizing existing methods to study the mechanisms of biological processes; modify existing guidelines for procedures.
- Schedule use of Animal Services surgical suites and coordination of tasks around schedule availability.
- Provide anesthesia and surgical support for multiple species as necessary.
- Maintains preclinical health records and supporting records and databases as needed.
- Gives injections, administers oral medications, removes sutures, dresses wounds and changes bandages, and provides other routine veterinary procedures.
- Provide surgical and post-surgical monitoring and care.
- Oversee undergraduate students in their research that includes animal work.
- Provide communication and support, technical service support, irradiation support, and rodent surgical suite/anesthesia cart.
- Process incoming animals and assist in routine health maintenance.
- Conduct preclinical experiments in animal models of neural disease.
- Conduct preclinical experiments in animal models of brain tumors and tumor metastases; oversee their execution; maintain accurate laboratory records that record research methods, procedures, and results; prepare and maintain research findings, summaries, logs, and notes.
- Assist with designing sampling plans or coordinate the collection of samples.
- Assist with modifying existing protocols to improve existing techniques or to incorporate new diagnostic procedures; search scientific literature to select and modify methods and procedures most appropriate for research goals.
- Collect biological and tissue specimens for diagnostic evaluations from laboratory animals.
- Complete necessary laboratory records and requisitions.
- Collect and/or dissect specimens.
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