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Lead Research and Animal Care Technician - Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging

Tufts University
Boston, USA
Full-time
Entry
Onsite
USD 30-37.7 hourly
Discovered 1 months ago

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  • Supervise and perform basic husbandry duties as required and maintain appropriate detailed records.
  • Run day-to-day operations including behavioral testing, small rodent imaging, managing multiple ongoing behavioral/imaging experiments, SOP writing.
  • Observe and train junior CBU staff and PIs on various experimental procedures and equipment usage (i.e., necropsy/tissue collection, drug administration, anesthesia usage).
  • Maintain experimental databases and records in an organized, coherent fashion
  • Ability to apply dietary intervention procedures (diet preparation, dietary dosing, special feeding procedures including pair feed and liquid diet administration)
  • Bachelor's Degree in Behavioral Neuroscience or equivalent and up to 2 years independent research management experience.
  • Must understand and follow written and verbal directions precisely
  • Working knowledge of animal related federal, local, and state guidelines
  • Must be able to work under conditions that includes animal odors, heat and humidity from cage washing rooms, and biohazardous materials and chemicals used in research
  • Experience with Microsoft Office, Teams, and other facility operational software.
  • Successfully complete a pre-employment evaluation by the Tufts Occupational Health and Safety, N95/PAPR fit test, and required animal welfare training
  • Strong interpersonal skills and be able to work independently with minimum of supervision
  • Problem solve and take necessary action on experimental and equipment issues
  • Ability to learn and run behavioral and imaging software with minimal oversight
  • Stay current in behavioral literature come up with protocols based on findings
  • Master's Degree

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