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Nextonic Solutions · 17 hours ago

Animal Biologist

Bethesda, Maryland

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

Nextonic Solutions is looking to add a driven, flexible, organized, and meticulous Animal Biologist to our dynamic team. This position will provide services in support of the overall functions of the Vaccine Research Center, focusing on malaria vaccine and pathology research, including overseeing studies and maintaining laboratory procedures.

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Responsibilities

Assist Veterinarian in malaria vaccine and pathology research

Oversee the design and implementation of malaria antibody and vaccine studies in mice

Help educate new staff for in vivo experiments in mice

Make detailed observations about experiments

Maintain clear and accurate documentation

Assist in the preparation of technical reports, summaries, and protocols

Perform specialized laboratory procedures: histology techniques, blood smear preparation, flow cytometry, malaria parasite quantification, in vivo mouse imaging with IVIS Spectrum system, digital image processing with Spectrum software

Provide prescribed treatments, animal surveillance, and environmental enrichment

Communicate all animal health abnormalities with Animal Program Director and scientific staff

Read and understand the VRC Animal Study Protocols

Perform or assist PI’s with a variety of technical procedures

Assist in the scheduling of technical requests

Perform injections via intravenous, subcutaneous, intraperitoneal, intradermal, and/or intramuscular route

Collect blood samples, harvest tissue or organs using aseptic techniques, cell counts, peritoneal lavages, skin punch biopsies, and splenectomies, animal identification using ear punches or ear tags

Perform in vitro malaria functional assays

Maintain mouse colonies, breeding, and weaning of offspring

Perform and monitor mouse sedation

Maintain Anopheles mosquito colonies

Infect Anopheles mosquitos with transgenic malaria pathogens

Dissect malaria parasites from mosquito salivary glands

Perform inoculations with malaria sporozoites for challenge studies

Perform malaria natural transmission studies

Prepare and submit animal health records

Maintain breeder log, and keep PI’s updated on colony status

Collect and organize data for research projects by maintaining database