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Animal Research Technician/Research Associate II

Company

Alakaina Foundation Family of Companies

Location

San Antonio, Texas

Type

Full-time

DESCRIPTION OF RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Assist and/or perform acute, and recovery surgeries in small animals using sterile techniques
  • Collect physiological data (e.g. blood pressure, heart rate, muscle strength)
  • Perform cut downs for the placement of arterial and venous catheters in small animals
  • Set-up, maintain and calibrate electronic physiological devices with PC based data acquisition and control systems
  • Provide daily assessments on small and large animals and administer analgesics
  • Euthanize animals, dissect, and harvest tissues and process them for histology, specified bioassays, and storage
  • Perform routine molecular biology assays (e.g., RT-PCR, Western Blot)
  • Perform microscopic analysis using multiple microscopy techniques such as, but not limited to fluorescence and confocal microscopy
  • Maintain and organize digital archive of photomicrographs
  • Perform general microbiological and cell culture metho...

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