Breeding Colony Technician I - Evanston, United States - Northwestern University
Description
Performs daily activities required to maintain genetically engineered mouse colonies in a centralized breeding core for the Center for Comparative Medicine.
Duties include establishing breeding units, weaning, sample collection and maintenance of breeding records.Specific Responsibilities:
- Performs daily maintenance of transgenic breeding colonies:_
- Assess cages for new litter, mortalities, and required weaning.
- Wean pups.
- Establish breeding cages.
- Perform animal identification.
- Collect and submit tissue samples for genotyping (tail biopsies, ear punch biopsies, or other as required).
- Perform euthanasia of animals.
- Report animal health issues to veterinary staff.
- Transfer and receive animals to/from investigators.
- Communicate with laboratory personnel to ensure that service requests are completed in a timely manner.
- Maintain accurate colony records using cage cards, colony management software (Transnetyx Colony) and vivarium census software (AOPS)._
- Maintain records of all breeding and holding cages.
- Record all births and deaths.
- Record all weaning's.
- Record genotyping sampling and identification.
- Transfer and receive animals to/from investigators.
- Communicate with researchers to ensure colony health and information is accurate.
- Provide support for veterinary and rodent technical services programs:_
- May assist veterinary staff with rodent treatments, including administration of oral, topical, and/or injectable medications.
- May assist with some rodent technical services based on training and skillset under the direction of Lead or Supervisor.
- Training_
- Attend CCMsponsored training sessions and participate in handson technical skills training.
- Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
(Education, experience, and any other certifications or clearances)
- A high school diploma or its equivalent is required along with a minimum of 2 years of experience as an animal care or research technician working with rodents in a laboratory animal facility or equivalent work or educational experience.
- AALAS certified ALAT or equivalent combination of relevant work or education experience (e.g., AA, AS, BS).
Minimum Competencies:
(Skills, knowledge, and abilities.)
- Attention to detail.
Preferred Qualifications:
(Education and experience)
- Prior experience performing rodent ear tagging, ear notching and tail biopsies.).
Preferred Competencies:
(Skills, knowledge, and abilities)
- Experience working with large mouse colonies (>100 cages).
Benefits:
Work-Life and Wellness:
Northwestern offers comprehensive programs and services to help you and your family navigate life's challenges and opportunities and adopt and maintain healthy lifestyles.
Professional Growth & Development:
- Target hiring range for this position will be between $20.00 to $26.00 per hour. Offered salary will be determined by the applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data_.
Northwestern strongly recommends COVID-19 vaccinations and boosters for people who can obtain them as a critical tool for minimizing severe illness.
- The Northwestern campus sits on the traditional homelands of the people of the Council of Three Fires, the Ojibwe, Potawatomi, and Odawa as well as the Menominee, Miami and Ho-Chunk nations. We acknowledge and honor the original people of the land upon which Northwestern University stands, and the Native people who remain on this land today._
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