Research Technician II
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
Job posting number: #7143756 (Ref:15742-en_US)
Posted: May 5, 2023
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
Job Description
Summary
A Research Technician position is open to work on a project exploring how the microbiome affects behavior and brain development. The technician will be in-charge to maintain several mouse colonies and will assist in performing behavior experiments and analysis of brain development. Duties will include animal husbandry, weaning of mouse litters, and ensuring animals are kept under sterile conditions.
Job Duties
- Assists with maintaining humanized mouse colonies under sterile conditions.
- Performs lab duties that include animal husbandry, weaning of mouse litters, and ensuring animals are kept under sterile conditions.
- Works weekly to change cages.
- Assists with ensuring the animals to receive sterile bedding, food and water.
- Assists in molecular characterization of mice and microbiomes.
- Assists in performing behavior experiments and analysis of brain development.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in a Basic Science or related field. Four years of related experience may substitute for degree requirement.
- No experience required.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with handling mice is a plus.
Baylor College of Medicine requires employees to be fully vaccinated -subject to approved exemptions-against vaccine-preventable diseases including, but not limited to, COVID-19 and influenza.
Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.
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Baylor College of Medicine fosters diversity among its students, trainees, faculty and staff as a prerequisite to accomplishing our institutional mission, and setting standards for excellence in training healthcare providers and biomedical scientists, promoting scientific innovation, and providing patient-centered care. - Diversity, respect, and inclusiveness create an environment that is conducive to academic excellence, and strengthens our institution by increasing talent, encouraging creativity, and ensuring a broader perspective. - Diversity helps position Baylor to reduce disparities in health and healthcare access and to better address the needs of the community we serve. - Baylor is committed to recruiting and retaining outstanding students, trainees, faculty and staff from diverse backgrounds by providing a welcoming, supportive learning environment for all members of the Baylor community.
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