Job Description
Job Title :Research Technician I – Souza Lab
Agency :Texas A&M University Health Science Center
Department :Neuroscience & Experimental Therapeutics
Proposed Minimum Salary : Commensurate
Job Location Bryan, Texas
Job Type :Staff
Job Description
Our Commitment
Texas A&M University is committed to enriching the learning and working environment by promoting a culture that respects all perspectives, talents & lived experiences. Embracing varying opinions and perspectives strengthens our core values which are: Respect, Excellence, Leadership, Loyalty, Integrity, and Selfless Service.
Who we are
As one of the fastest-growing academic health centers in the nation, Texas A&M Health encompasses five colleges and numerous centers and institutes working together to improve health through transformative education, innovative research and team-based health care delivery.
What we want
Texas A&M College of Medicine is seeking a Research Technician I to support research efforts.
What you need to know
Salary: Compensation will be commensurate to the selected hire’s experience.
Cover Letter/Resume: Compensation will be commensurate to the selected hire’s experience.
Qualifications
Required Education and Experience:
- High school diploma or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Two years of related laboratory experience
Preferred Qualifications:
- Two years of related experience, which include experience with research credits in undergraduates
- Two years of laboratory experience with rodent models and assays for cognitive and social behavior
- Experience with animals
- Animal compliance training
Responsibilities
- Research Technical Support: Assembles and operates technical equipment. Sets-up and maintains equipment for the assigned laboratory and updates laboratory computers. Maintains inventory and orders parts and supplies as needed from AggieBuy. Maintains laboratories according to Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) specifications. Provides logistical support with computers in the laboratory. Performs laboratory and prep room cleanup.
- Research Procedure Support: Assists senior staff members in conducting major field experiments and consults in developing procedures. Assists with the participant (subject) pool by recruiting, screening, and maintaining records on research participants. Assists undergraduate and graduate students with their research projects.
- General Lab: Coordinates with the Principal Investigator on the priorities and objectives of research experiments conducted. Manages day-to-day operation. Organizes and maintains laboratory. Maintains storage upkeep and inventory of liquid nitrogen cell line, chemical inventories, animal inventory and makes sure labs are inspection ready. Purchases chemicals for experiments, software updates for computers, and consumables. Aids in purchasing animals for experiments. Aids in onboarding of new Students into the lab. Maintains AUP by adding new students.
- Animal Care: Provides animal care, husbandry, maintenance of breeding and aging colony (including upkeep of transgenic colony). Performs behavioral testing such as: Barnes maze, open field, rotarod, burrowing.
- Training: Participates in training and professional development sessions as needed.
Why Texas A&M University?
We are a prestigious university with strong traditions, Core Values, and a community of caring and collaboration. Amenities associated with a major university, such as sporting and cultural events, state-of-the-art recreation facilities, the Bush Library and Museum, and much more await you. Experience all that a big city has to offer but with a reasonable cost-of-living and no long commutes.
- Medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, life and AD&D, flexible spending accounts, and long-term disability insurance with Texas A&M contributing to employee health and basic life premiums
- 12-15 days of annual paid holidays
- Up to eight hours of paid sick leave and at least eight hours of paid vacation each month
- Automatic enrollment in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas
- Health and Wellness: Free exercise programs and release time
- Professional Development: All employees have access to free LinkedIn Learning training, webinars, and limited financial support to attend conferences, workshops, and more
- Educational release time and tuition assistance for completing a degree while a Texas A&M employee
- Living Well, a program at Texas A&M that has been built by employees, for employees
Instructions to Applicants: Applications received by Texas A&M University must either have all job application data entered, or a resume attached. Failure to provide all job application data or a complete resume could result in an invalid submission and a rejected application. We encourage all applicants to upload a resume or use a LinkedIn profile to pre-populate the online application.
All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution’s verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution’s procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check.
Equal Opportunity/Veterans/Disability Employer.
