Lab Technical Assistant I, CRI

Why join CRI?

Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) is addressing fundamental scientific questions related to the biological basis of disease. Through transformative biomedical research, CRI seeks breakthroughs that change scientific fields and yield strategies for treating disease.
Job Summary

Children's Research Institute is looking for a Lab Technical Assistant I to be responsible for the following departmental duties:

• Autoclaving
• Washing lab glassware
• Refilling reagents
• Making gels
• Managing gas tanks
• Managing the mouse procedure room

This position will support all labs in CRI and will have the opportunity to interact with everyone in the institute. The ideal candidate should be organized and be able to interact with a variety of people.
Experience and Education

• High school graduation or GED equivalent, and no experience required.

Job Duties

• Prepares laboratory specimens.
• Assembles and operates standard laboratory equipment.
• Collects and records data which may involve arithmetic computations.
• Prepares standard reagents and culture media.
• Examines experimentally infected laboratory animals to detect and record symptoms associated with variety of animal diseases.
• Weighs, positions, and performs pre-operative shaving of animals.
• Takes vital signs of animals.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

To learn more about the benefits UT Southwestern offers, visit https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/employees/hr-resources/

This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code §51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information. UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status.

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