Summary of Position:
This individual will be responsible for learning and conducting a variety of techniques in animal experimentation and molecular biology. Under supervision, the individual will participate in mouse colony organization and maintenance, using our laboratory’s mouse cloud database to create specimen labels, archiving biological samples, supply ordering, molecular biology techniques including immunoblotting and qRT-PCR, animal necropsies, tissue preservation, shipment of biological samples and recording healthspan data in the database. Continuing self-motivated education in aging research is expected.

Essential and Other Functions

50%  Animal Experimentation
Animal husbandry (breeding, earing, weaning), mouse colony management, collect and record data collected on live animals, mouse necropsies, collection and preservation of biological samples

25%  Sample and Data Management
Use the lab’s unique colony management database, create animal identifiers and cage cards, prepare necropsy reports and labels for biologic samples, archive samples in the tissue bank and ship biological samples to collaborators

25%  Molecular biology
Prepare tissue lysates, isolate RNA and protein, quantitate nucleic acids and protein levels, perform qRT-PCR, PCR genotyping, nucleic acid and protein electrophoresis

BENEFITS: A Researcher 1 is part of the Civil Service Employment Group:

https://humanresources.umn.edu/sites/humanresources.umn.edu/files/2021_tcd-cslr-75100-ben-0105-7_final.pdf

The University of Minnesota offers a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Competitive wages, paid holidays, vacation and sick leave
• Low-cost medical, dental, and pharmacy plans
• Health care and dependent daycare flexible spending accounts
• Excellent retirement plans with employer match
• Disability and employer paid life insurance
• Wellbeing program with reduced insurance premiums
• Tuition reimbursement opportunities covering 75%-100% of eligible tuition
• Student loan forgiveness opportunity
• Opportunities for growth and promotion
• Employee Assistance Program

All required qualifications must be documented on application materials

Required Qualifications:

• B.S. or B.A. in biomedical discipline and experience working with mice or a combination of related education and work experience to equal four years.
• The candidate must have strong problem-solving skills, an ability to multitask and to work independently.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Applicants should have an interest in health sciences and interest in working with laboratory animals.