Hiring Salary: $20.65/Hourly

THIS IS A GRANT-FUNDED POSITION

JOB SUMMARY/ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: The Research Technician 3 establishes and maintains mouse colonies for a project designed to delineate immune responses to fungal infection of the female reproductive tract. This position performs work supporting in vivo studies.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Establishes and maintains mouse breeding colonies for conditional knockout in vivo studies.

2. Maintains accurate records for breeding cycles and performs mouse genotyping.

3. Communicates and responds with Laboratory Animal Care Unit regarding animal inquiries and cage needs.

4. Assists with in vivo studies, including intravenous injection, intraperitoneal injection, intravaginal inoculation, vaginal lavage, tissue collection, anesthesia administration, and animal imaging.

5. Performs independently routine downstream analyses for in vivo studies (e.g., microbiological plating, ELISA, etc.)

6. Prepares research reports, graphs, and basic models to communicate findings with the PI.

7. Assists in maintaining fungal and bacterial strain database.

8. Assists with maintaining accurate safety records and institutional compliance.

9. Ensures proper or special rodent diet or drinking water for individualized studies as necessary.

10. Troubleshoots experimental data and techniques as needed.

11. Performs other related duties as assigned.