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Research Biological Science Laboratory Technician (Animal)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 141 days ago
About the Role
Please note: There is no pay associated with this position. This position serves as Without Compensation (WOC) Research Biological Science Laboratory Technician (Animal) within the Office of Research and Development (ORD). The VA Research Program strives to promote Veteran-centered care to improve patient experiences and outcomes across VA healthcare and community settings, and to advance value-driven care by providing Veterans the highest quality care at the lowest financial burden.
What You'll Do
- →Major Duties: Experience performing and/or assisting with laboratory experiments including cell culture and staining of tissue sections.
- →Experience independently conducting experiments, data collection, analysis, and interpretation Handle mice, maintain mouse breeding colony, collect tissue for genotyping, perform mouse surgical procedures.
- →Organize and maintain data records in lab notebooks and in computer spreadsheets, graph and perform statistical analysis on results.
- →Present results to Principal Investigator (PI) and other lab members individually and in group settings.
- →Operate standard lab equipment such as microscopes, centrifuges, balances, and pH meters.
- →Help maintain equipment in good working order.
- →Assisting lab members in a variety of laboratory techniques as required/assigned, such as PCR, mouse behavioral testing, or administration of test substances.
- →Perfusion fixation of rodents and processing brains for histological examination.
- →Helps to evaluate mice health, well-being, and behavior before, during and after research experiments.
- →Work Schedule: Intermittent (Without Compensation)
Requirements
- ✓Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
- ✓Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment.
- ✓You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.
- ✓If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.
- ✓For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
Personality Fit
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