Senior In Vivo Neuroscience Technician

Inotiv; Boulder (CO); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401K

Paid time off

Paid parental leave

Short- and long-term disability

Job summary

Inotiv seeks a Lead Research Technician to support Neuroscience studies, coordinating day-to-day operations and supervising junior staff. You will assist Study Directors and Coordinators, ensure protocol adherence, conduct in-life observations, and perform dosing across rodent models in a regulated environment.

The role requires lab experience with rodents, data collection, and veterinary-related tasks. We offer training, leadership opportunities, and a pathway to advanced levels with

Qualifications

• M.S./B.S./B.A. in science (biology or equivalent; neuroscience preferred) with 1-3 years of direct animal behavioral work experience, or Associate degree with 4 years direct laboratory animal work experience, or 6 years direct laboratory animal work experience without a college science degree, or equivalent combination of related education and required work experience will be considered with management approval.
• Animal laboratory research experience with mice and rats, including dosing, in-life sample collections, and necropsy collections.
• Preferred experience in neuroscience disease area research, including behavioral assessments, stereotaxic surgery in rodents, and neuroanatomy.

Responsibilities

• Directly works with the in-vivo group to conduct required study activities.
• Assist SDs and Study Coordinators to ensure study protocol, schedules, formulations, and sample collections are correct and properly communicated to the research team.
• Assists Study Coordinators with the creation or verification of cage cards, sample collection prep labels, and data files.
• Read and understand IACUC protocols, SOPs, and all study protocols, demonstrating familiarity with critical timepoints.
• Assists in disease induction procedures.
• Administer doses of compounds to rats and mice via common dosing routes, including but not limited to oral, intravenous, subcutaneous, and intraperitoneal.
• Perform data collections, including weighing, clinical observations, health assessments, post operative monitoring, and disease progression scoring.
• Perform blood collections from rats and mice via tail vein, retro-orbital, and terminal blood draws and process these samples via centrifugation for plasma and/or serum.
• Perform behavioral testing (e.g. Cognitive, Motor, Mood, Von Frey, etc.) and in vitro work. Train other technicians in these areas as needed.
• Review facility schedules, dose formulation calculations, cage cards, spreadsheets, and study protocols for consistency and accuracy before the first dose event
• Review live phase data on all active studies for consistency and accuracy
• Assist in formulating experimental compounds for administration.
• Maintain study-related forms (e.g. data sheets, health assessments, found dead forms, and moribund forms)
• Independently perform tissue collections and dosing after training with SD
• Assist with the preparation and execution of necropsies, tissue collection (terminal and interim) and surgeries for the Neuroscience department
• Keep laboratory clean and maintain inventory of all team supplies (e.g. media, plates, reagents, surgical tools, etc.) and study-specific test articles.
• Supports and participates in other duties and company initiatives as directed
• Various software applications sustained by a Windows platform. (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Use of general laboratory equipment, including but not limited to balances, syringes and needles, blood collection tubes, centrifuges, pipettes, formalin collection jars, liquid nitrogen, -80 freezers, incubators, fluid/syringe pumps, chemical and clean hoods, PPE, quarantine/isolation rooms, autoclaves, and necropsy hand tools.

Skills

GLP knowledge

Animal handling

Data entry

Communication

Team leadership

Education

B.S./B.A. in science

M.S. in science (preferred)

Tools

Excel

Data management software

Job description

Inotiv seeks a Lead Research Technician to support Neuroscience studies, coordinating day-to-day operations and supervising junior staff. You will assist Study Directors and Coordinators, ensure protocol adherence, conduct in-life observations, and perform dosing across rodent models in a regulated environment.

The role requires lab experience with rodents, data collection, and veterinary-related tasks. We offer training, leadership opportunities, and a pathway to advanced levels with