Research Specialist, Warren Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery
Vanderbilt University
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- Location
- Nashville, TN
- Job type
- Full time
- Posted
- Oct 6
- 14 days ago
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Vanderbilt University
Higher education · 1,001 to 5,000 employees
What you'll do
- Available to work with varying schedule with start time between 6:00am and 8:00am, including weekends.
- Follow University safety protocols (may include use of combustibles, biohazardous materials and fluids/tissues, and/or carcinogens).
- Becomes familiar with IACUC protocols and compliance. Assists with laboratory animal care as needed
- Conduct or assist with a multitude of in vivo DMPK assays.
- Record, compile, interpret, and communicate data/results.
- Perform calculations involving molarity, % solutions, and serial dilutions. Handle small animals and prepare them for DMPK experiments. Administer small molecule compounds PO, IP or IV.
- Draw blood at specific time points and prepare plasma for shipping to DMPK lab.
- Collect samples of tissue, urine, or other organic substance as requested by DMPK lab.
- Conducts observations of physiological or behavioral findings on small animals.
- Periodically aliquot, label, and distribute liquid stocks of small molecule compounds.
- Serve as logistical coordinator for shipping and receiving of compounds and samples.
- Maintain up to date, accurate, and standardized records of colony and experiments/assays.
- Assist with general laboratory operations, including ordering supplies and consumables.
- Perform other duties as assigned; assist DMPK lab members with miscellaneous tasks.
- Maintain inventory of consumables, clean glassware/lab space, prepare and aliquot stock solutions. Assist in the efficient operation of the lab.
- Help maintain the instruments.
- Help in the training of new personnel.
- Ability to stand for long periods of time and lifting moderate weights. Tasks will also require fine motor skills and coordination (hand/eye coordination) and involve repetitive motions.
- A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution of higher education is necessary.
- A Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, biology, biochemistry, or similar field from an accredited institution of higher education is required.
- Experience in handling small animals preferred.
Key skills
in-vivo experimentsrecording of datareporting data
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The Research Specialist is part of the Warren Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery within the School of Medicine Basic Sciences at Vanderbilt University. This is a key individual contributor responsible for setting up and conducting in-vivo experiments, reporting data, and continuing research projects following protocols including the appropriate recording of data and reporting of standard or variant results.