Job No. 156176
- Job Title:
- Research Technician 3-Pharmacology
- Employer:
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The University of Tennessee
- Location:
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Memphis , TN
- Posting Date:
- 15-Aug-2025
- Description:
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JOB SUMMARY/ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: The Research Technician 3 fulfills tasks critical to achieving the goals of our NIH funded research on the genetics of addiction. These tasks involve small animal care and sterile surgery including management of anesthetics and post-op care. Other duties include stereotaxic brain surgery for guide cannulae implantation and microinfusions into selective brain regions.
Responsibilities
Conducts survival aseptic surgeries on adolescent rats.
Handles small animal care and sterile surgery including management of anesthetics and post-op care.
Conducts surgeries on jugular or other vascular surgery for sterile catheter implantation.
Provides assistance (such as depth of anesthesia monitoring, temperature checks, etc.) during non-survival surgeries on rodents.
Performs with brain sectioning, histology and light microscopy are assets.
Performs stereotaxic brain surgery to guide cannulae implantation and microinfusions into selective brain regions.
Conducts nicotine or opioid self-administration experiments using Med Associates operant chambers.
Collect tissue samples from rats.
Prepares experimental solutions, grounds and pipettes for patch-clamp and bilayer recordings.
Assists rotating students and junior fellows on the proper use of instruments and laboratory techniques.
Maintains lab equipment for experiments.
Performs other related duties as assigned.
Qualifications
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
EDUCATION: Bachelor’s Degree. (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED)
EXPERIENCE: One (1) year previous lab experience with small animal care; OR a combination of college coursework and work experience to equal five (5) years.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
Knowledge and deep interest in experimental laboratory-based research involving small animals.
Knowledge and skills involved in handling small animals.
Knowledgeable and skillful in the techniques used to perform jugular or other vascular surgery for sterile catheter implantation in small animals and in the administration of anesthetics and post-operative care.
Knowledge and skills in preparing specified dilutions and amounts of sterile drug solutions and in administering these sterile solutions to small animals.
Ability to learn and perform new and complex surgical tasks and to perform these at a consistently high level.
- Contact information:
- The University of Tennessee
- Memphis, TN 37996
- United States
- Employer's Website:
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