Research Technician

Department :

SOM KC Pathology and Lab Medicine

Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Position Title :

Research Technician Job Family Group :

Professional Staff Job Description Summary :

Maintain mouse and rat colonies for studies on female reproductive development related to ovarian biology. This project will examine the development and regulation of ovarian follicles using mouse and rat models.

Perform all animal experiments following standard laboratory procedure as approved by the KUMC IACUC and LAR. The research technician will directly work as instructed by the IACUC and LAR. Job Description :

Required Qualifications :

• Education : High School Diploma or undergraduate student of biology.
• Work Experience : 0-1 years of experience in animal research.
• Skills : Strong work ethic, hardworking and desire to learn. Previous experience with rat and mouse colony management, mouse genetics, rodent ordering, or rodent experiment related materials are required.

Preferred Qualifications :

• Education : Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in biological sciences or related field.
• Work Experience : 1-2 years of experience in animal research.
• Skills : Previous experience with rat or mouse dissection, macroscopic and microscopic tissue isolation, oocyte, and other follicular cell isolation from fresh ovaries for genomic and epigenomic works, tissue freezing and tissue embedding is preferred.

Job Duties Outlined :

• The Animal Researcher maintain mouse and rat colonies.
• Setting up normal and timed breeding, planning sequential breeding depending on mouse genetics, knock out target genes in experimental rats and mice, and perform genotyping to determine targeted gene knockout.
• Assist with rat and mouse research-related tasks including recording time of birth, monitoring age, onset of puberty, estrus cyclicity, and other developmental signs of ovarian functions.

Administration of necessary drugs and hormones to rats and mice for gene induction or gene knockout, modulation of ovarian functions including steroidogenesis and folliculogenesis.

• Plan and perform euthanasia to experimental rats and mice of different age groups as required for the developmental studies on hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian (HPO) axis.
• Macroscopic and microscopic harvesting of tissues of HPO axis, tissue processing, and storage for planned experiments including, histology, gene regulation and epigenetic studies.
• Record data from animal experiments, compile, analyze data for documentation and draw tentative conclusions.
• Other duties as assigned by supervisor.
Required Documents :
• Resume / CV
• Resume / CV
• Cover Letter

Comprehensive Benefits Package :

Coverage begins on day one for health, dental, and vision insurance and includes health expense accounts with generous employer contributions if the employee participates in a qualifying health plan.

Employer-paid life insurance, long-term disability insurance, and various additional voluntary insurance plans are available.

Paid time off, including vacation and sick, begins accruing upon hire, plus ten paid holidays. One paid discretionary day is available after six months of employment, and paid time off for bereavement, jury duty, military service, and parental leave is available after 12 months of employment.

A retirement program with a generous employer contribution and additional voluntary retirement programs (457 or 403b) are available.

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Employee Type : Regular Time Type :

Regular Time Type :

Full time Rate Type :

Hourly

Compensation Statement :

The pay range listed for this position is determined by our compensation program using market data and salary benchmarking.

A combination of factors is considered in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, education, experience and training, qualifications relative to the requirements of the position, and funding.

At the University of Kansas Medical Center, a reasonable estimate for the starting pay range will be the minimum to midpoint of the posted range, taking into account the combination of factors listed above.

Pay Range : $20.25 - $26.33

$20.25 - $26.33

Minimum

$20.25

Midpoint

$23.29

Maximum

$26.33