Job Summary:

• Perform animal husbandry for mice and rats (care, feeding, watering, and cleaning).
• Provide technical support for research investigators (oral, intravenous dosing, blood and tissue collection, various inflammation and tumor growth measurements).
• Maintain proper sanitation, environment and health status of housing units.
• Maintain/verify proper record keeping (census, animal health, and document sanitation and equipment maintenance).
• Participate in continuing education and training including blood and tissue testing and analysis.
• Ability to have direct physical contact with mice and rats.
• Willingness to participate in Occupational Health Program for employees, including receiving immunizations recommended by Occupational Health Services.
• Willingness to work with hazardous agents.
• Computer proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Work, Internet Explorer, Outlook.
• Ability to effectively communicate and exchange information.
• Work will involve moving heavy objects (racks of filled water bottles, 25 pound bags of feed), repetitive motions, some delicate operations (drawing blood, giving injections).
• Perform the essential functions of the job with or without any accommodation.

Skills on Resume: 

• Animal Husbandry (Hard Skills)
• Technical Support for Research (Hard Skills)
• Sanitation and Health Maintenance (Hard Skills)
• Record Keeping (Hard Skills)
• Continuing Education and Training (Hard Skills)
• Direct Physical Contact with Animals (Hard Skills)
• Occupational Health Program Participation (Soft Skills)
• Working with Hazardous Agents (Soft Skills)

Job Summary:

• Monitoring animal behavior
• Caring for wellbeing of test animals
• Responding to housing facility and caring for healthy of injured animals
• Facilitating reproduction of animals in the colony, when required
• Recording detailed information about each animal’s weight, size, diet, and behavior
• Maintaining database records
• Collecting and analyzing data
• Taking samples and compiling results
• Maintaining and sterilizing equipment
• Taking inventory of supplies
• Writing reports
• Preclinical animal model creation
• Maintenance of facility stocks and record keeping
• Provide routine animal observation and necessary feedback
• Contribute to strategic goals of the laboratory and it's animal inhabitants

Skills on Resume: 

• Monitoring Animal Behavior (Soft Skills)
• Caring for the Wellbeing of Test Animals (Hard Skills)
• Responding to Housing Facility and Caring for Healthy or Injured Animals (Hard Skills)
• Facilitating Reproduction of Animals in the Colony (Hard Skills)
• Recording Detailed Information (Hard Skills)
• Data Collection and Analysis (Hard Skills)
• Equipment Maintenance and Sterilization (Hard Skills)
• Inventory Management and Record Keeping (Hard Skills)

Job Summary:

• Provide daily care for the animals in the research laboratory
• Monitor the health and well-being of the animals
• Receive incoming animals and vivarium supplies and support vivarium operations
• Maintain logs such as for vivarium HVAC, animal health, diets, and beddings
• Perform cage change according to schedule and SOP
• Wash and disinfect cages, racks, and equipment
• Maintain cleanliness of the vivarium (clean, mop, remove and properly dispose of vivarium trashes, other husbandry tasks , etc.)
• Comply with safety, regulatory and non-regulatory policies and SOP
• May provide investigative staff assistance involving specialized handling techniques requiring personal protective equipment and primary containment devices.
• May assist with tumor imaging using luciferase fluorescent reporter systems and CT.
• Perform animal euthanasia and specimen collection.

Skills on Resume: 

• Animal Care (Hard Skills)
• Health Monitoring (Hard Skills)
• Log Maintenance (Hard Skills)
• Vivarium Operations Support (Hard Skills)
• Cage Maintenance (Hard Skills)
• Facility Sanitation (Hard Skills)
• Compliance (Hard Skills)
• Specialized Tasks (Hard Skills)

Job Summary:

• Perform all regulatory responsibilities in compliance with applicable regulatory standards.
• Perform all aspects of the in-life phase of rodent safety studies including study set up, test article administration, animal observation, sample collection, data collection and documentation, and data quality control review
• Ensure proper supplies and equipment are available and suitable for study conduct functions
• Responsible for use, maintenance and calibration of equipment, e.g. balances.
• Troubleshoot and solve equipment/technical problems associated with in life study conduct
• Communicate with Management, Study Director, Comparative Medicine and support personnel to ensure compliance with all protocol driven activities
• Complete peer review of in-life data collected by others depending on experience and level
• Provide husbandry in specialized animal areas.
• Assist in variety of technical procedures relating to tumor measurement and generation of tumor xenografts or patient-derived tumor explants.
• Assist in restraining mice, administering medications via gavage or I.P. injection.

Skills on Resume: 

• Regulatory Compliance (Hard Skills)
• Rodent Safety Studies (Hard Skills)
• Study Set-Up (Hard Skills)
• Test Article Administration (Hard Skills)
• Data Collection and Documentation (Hard Skills)
• Equipment Maintenance and Calibration (Hard Skills)
• Problem-Solving (Soft Skills)
• Communication (Soft Skills)

Job Summary:

• Participate in new animal collections
• Establish and maintain new animal cultures by initiating viable breeding programs
• Devising new protocols and best practices for husbandry of all laboratory cultures
• Assist with the design of life support systems for new marine animal facilities
• Microinjections to assist certain laboratory projects
• Water changing and cleaning all animal facilities
• Maintenance of stock foods and algae food cultures
• Preparing diets and feeding of all animals
• Regular water analysis for all areas of the facility
• Maintaining cleanliness in all facilities and work areas for animal-related activities
• Helping laboratory members with setting up animal-related experiments
• Collaborate in setting up microcosm experiments with laboratory members

Skills on Resume: 

• Animal Collection (Hard Skills)
• Breeding Program Management (Hard Skills)
• Protocol Development (Hard Skills)
• Life Support System Design (Hard Skills)
• Microinjection Techniques (Hard Skills)
• Facility Maintenance (Hard Skills)
• Food and Diet Preparation (Hard Skills)
• Water Analysis (Hard Skills)

Job Summary:

• Preparing dirty animal cages and loading them into the cage washer
• Unloading the clean cages from the washer and preparing them for use in animal rooms
• Picking up or delivering cages at multiple animal facilities on campus using push carts or motor vehicles
• Delivering animal bedding, feed, and other supplies to multiple animal facilities on campus
• Responsible for cleaning and repairs of cages/enclosures and related ancillary equipment
• Lead the efforts of animal pre-clinical trials through study drug inoculation
• Develop animal protocols and standard operating procedures (SOP’s) to ensure effective approach to research studies
• Prepare samples for testing using various laboratory equipment
• Assist scientist in various laboratory procedures related to the position including various types of surgeries, intubations, etc.

Skills on Resume: 

• Cage Washing and Sterilization (Hard Skills)
• Cage Handling and Preparation (Hard Skills)
• Logistics Management (Hard Skills)
• Supply Delivery (Hard Skills)
• Equipment Maintenance (Hard Skills)
• Pre-clinical Trial Leadership (Hard Skills)
• Protocol Development (Hard Skills)
• Laboratory Assistance (Hard Skills)

Job Summary:

• Responsible for the daily feeding and watering of all animals.
• Assists in reviewing health status of animals.
• Advises veterinary staff of any medical problems with animals.
• Humanely transports animals from intake areas to assigned pens and as needed.
• Ensures that animals are in assigned pens with appropriate identification and correct information is entered in database.
• Feeding and watering
• Checking General health
• General animal husbandry
• Understanding breeding and scientific procedures
• Handling animals
• Cage cleaning and washing

Skills on Resume: 

• Animal Feeding and Watering (Hard Skills)
• Animal Health Assessment (Hard Skills)
• Medical Problem Reporting (Hard Skills)
• Animal Handling and Transportation (Hard Skills)
• Database Management (Hard Skills)
• General Health Monitoring (Hard Skills)
• Animal Husbandry (Hard Skills)
• Cage Cleaning and Washing (Hard Skills)

Job Summary:

• Tail vein injection to adult mice and temporal vein injection to neonatal mice.
• Sampling blood via multiple routes including cheek bleeding and terminal bleeding.
• Rodent surgeries, application of aseptic technique, pre-operative preparation and post-operative care of the mice, suturing incisions.
• Stereotactic injections into adult and neonatal mouse brain.
• Tissue collection, dissection and processing.
• Measurement of physiological parameters (body weight, muscle function assays etc.)
• Managing mouse colonies, husbandry, and genotyping/phenotyping transgenic mice.
• Contribution to writing of IACUC animal protocols. Making sure all studies are performed per approved IACUC protocols.
• General upkeep of animal procedure room and ordering necessary supplies.
• Analysis and interpretation of data and generation of high-quality summary reports.
• Maintenance of laboratory records/notebooks, general lab procedures, and equipment.

Skills on Resume: 

• Injection Techniques (Hard Skills)
• Blood Sampling (Hard Skills)
• Surgical Skills (Hard Skills)
• Stereotactic Injection (Hard Skills)
• Tissue Collection and Processing (Hard Skills)
• Physiological Parameter Measurement (Hard Skills)
• Colony Management and Genotyping/Phenotyping (Hard Skills)
• Protocol Development and Compliance (Hard Skills)

Job Summary:

• Ensure that high standards of animal welfare are always maintained.
• Daily animal husbandry duties, including keeping detailed records, handling, weaning, sexing and identification of rodents, genotyping procedures.
• Complete forms, cage cards and any other paperwork/data in a timely and accurate manner
• Carrying out regular observations and health checks and provide regular updates to researchers.
• Be responsible for the general cleaning and upkeep of the facility and monitor and record environmental conditions in specific areas 
• Participate in the rota for weekend and bank holiday cover
• Adhere to Home Office guidelines and the Animal (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986
• Ensure that all Health and Safety regulations are adhered to, including correct wearing of PPE
• Contribute to colony management and breeding
• Perform regulated and non-regulated procedures
• Collaborate with scientists to ensure efficient experimental planning
• Liaise with counterparts at other vertex sites to ensure alignment of animal care practices and standard operating procedures

Skills on Resume: 

• Animal Welfare Compliance (Hard Skills)
• Animal Husbandry (Hard Skills)
• Record Keeping (Hard Skills)
• Health Monitoring (Hard Skills)
• Facility Maintenance (Hard Skills)
• Schedule Flexibility (Soft Skills)
• Regulatory Compliance (Hard Skills)
• Health and Safety Adherence (Hard Skills)

Job Summary:

• Perform cage changes and routine daily health monitoring
• Operate cage washer, bottle filler and autoclave
• Maintain the cleanliness of the facility and health of the animals
• Additional tasks depending on abilities and company needs  
• Clean animal cages
• Provide animals with food, water, and necessities
• Take samples for quality control
• Report inhumane animal treatment
• Document work performed
• Dose administration
• Animal behavioral testing
• Responsible for disposal of animal tissue waste
• Contribute towards large experiments and projects

Skills on Resume: 

• Cage Changing (Hard Skills)
• Equipment Operation (Hard Skills)
• Facility Maintenance (Hard Skills)
• Adaptability (Soft Skills)
• Animal Care (Hard Skills)
• Sample Collection (Hard Skills)
• Reporting and Documentation (Hard Skills)
• Compliance and Ethical Standards (Hard Skills)

Job Summary:

• Care and welfare of a variety of animal species, including non-human primates (NHPs)
• Ensuring all animals are cared for and maintained to the highest standards of health and welfare. 
• General cleaning of designated procedural rooms, including restock of materials from BSD stores
• Control of BSD internal stores, including ordering of items to resupply
• Disinfection of animal holding rooms at end of study
• Prepare clean rooms to receive animal deliveries
• Writing and reviewing of Standard Operating Procedures and other controlled documentation
• Make observations, keep accurate records, and store data in writing or electronically
• Keep up to date with developments in animal technology; recommend and develop novel procedures
• Be a stellar example to our junior animal technicians
• Conduct daily husbandry, care, and welfare observations for all animals within the facility
• Contribute towards the general maintenance of the facility and monitor and record environmental conditions in specific areas
• Use equipment in a safe and appropriate manner

Skills on Resume: 

• Animal Care and Welfare (Hard Skills)
• Cleaning and Maintenance (Hard Skills)
• Inventory Management (Hard Skills)
• Documentation (Hard Skills)
• Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) Management (Hard Skills)
• Record-Keeping (Hard Skills)
• Continuous Learning (Soft Skills)
• Equipment Operation and Safety (Hard Skills)

Job Summary:

• Provide basic animal care and husbandry for various species of animals. 
• Cleaning and changing out cages, cleaning stalls and animal runs. Feeding, watering, observations and record keeping.
• Operate equipment such as cage washer, pressure washer, floor scrubber, forklift and tractor.
• Perform complex animal care tasks with clinical/research animals in accordance with standards.
• Assure that animal environment is in compliance with Federal Regulations and other applicable guidelines and standards.
• Maintain records on animal census, health, services, and in compliance with standard practices.
• Administer animal treatments under the direction of a veterinarian.
• Work schedule includes weekends and may vary from week to week.
• Responsible for cleaning exam rooms and equipment.
• Responsible for stocking supplies.
• Assist in restraining animals for examinations and medical procedures.

Skills on Resume: 

• Animal Care and Husbandry (Hard Skills)
• Cage and Stall Cleaning (Hard Skills)
• Feeding, Watering, and Observation (Hard Skills)
• Equipment Operation (Hard Skills)
• Compliance with Regulations (Hard Skills)
• Record Keeping (Hard Skills)
• Animal Treatment Administration (Hard Skills)
• Flexibility and Adaptability (Soft Skills)