RESEARCH SCIENTIST/ENGINEER 1
Location: Seattle, Washington
Description: University of Washington Medical Center is presently looking of RESEARCH SCIENTIST/ENGINEER 1 right now, this position will be delegated in Washington. For complete informations about this position opportunity please read the description below. The University of Washington (UW) is proud to be one of the nation’s premier educational and research institutions. Our people are the most im! portant asset in our pursuit of achieving excellence in education, research, and community service. Our staff not only enjoys outstanding benefits and professional growth opportunities, but also an environment noted for diversity, community involvement, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits, and natural beauty.
Department of Pharmacology and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences is seeking the employment of a Research Scientist to aid in the performance of NIH funded research.
The position will involve daily performance of tasks related to mouse behavior, mouse colony maintenance,
elctrophysiology recordings, and culture of cell lines for the purpose of generating viral vectors.
Specific duties include, but are not limited to:
LGeneral care, breeding, and genotyping mice. These duties will include DNA extraction from tissue samples
and the performance of PCR to identify appropriate genotypes of mice to ! be used for eperimentation.
Performance of behavioral! assays
Performance of electrophsyiological recordings from freely behaving mice
Drug administration to mice and euthanasia for the purpose of tissue collection
Immunohistochemical analyses of mouse tissues
Maintenance of laboratory equipment
Ordering and maintaining laboratory supplies
Basic research requirements:
Daily performance of mouse colony maintenance, experimentation, and support duties
Preparing solutions, cleaning glassware, ordering supplies
Maintain laboratory equipment and laboratory organization
For detailed information on Benefits for this position click here.
REQUIREMENTS:
Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and/or Physiology (preferred), or other Biological Sciences.
Must know fundamental concepts of:
--Handling and performing experimentation on laboratory animals.
--Electrophysiological recordings.
--Behavior! al analyses of laboratory animals.
--Establishing/instituting compliance with Institutional Animal Use and Care.
--Setup and maintenance of electronic and behavioral recording equipment.
Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except where there are legal requirements such as license/certification/registration.
Condition of Employment:
Ability to work with animals.
Application Process:
Part of the application process for this position includes completing an on-line cover letter assessment as well as the Employment Eligibility Assessment to obtain additional information that will be used in the evaluation process. The assessment(s) will appear on your screen for you to complete as soon as you select "Apply to this Position" on this job announcement. Once you begin the assessment, it must be completed at that time. If you select to take it later, it will appear on your "M! y Jobs" page to take when you are ready. Please note that your applicat! ion will not be reviewed, and you will not be considered for this position until the assessment is complete.
Appointment to this position is contingent upon obtaining satisfactory results from a criminal background check.
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If you were eligible to this position, please deliver us your resume, with salary requirements and a resume to University of Washington Medical Center.
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This position starts available on: Fri, 09 Aug 2013 20:15:21 GMT
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