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Posted: 12-Jun-22
Location: Ithaca, New York
Salary: Open
Internal Number: WDR-00031787
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The College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, seeks an organized, motivated and mission-driven Teaching Lab Technician-III to assist the faculty of the MPS Program in teaching space, MPS lab instruction, and the management of parasitology specimen and image collections.
The MPS program is designed for individuals who seek to enhance their careers with specialized professional training in Veterinary Parasitology. The MPS degree can be completed in one year, and provides rigorous training in all aspects of parasitology at one of the nation's top Colleges of Veterinary Medicine.
Parasitology research of the MPS program director is funded through corporate and federal sources involving soil transmitted parasites, parasites of wildlife, host response to soil transmitted pathogens, and detection of soil transmitted parasites. The MPS lab is primarily a teaching laboratory and the ideal candidate is interested in both staying current with topics of advanced research in parasitology and supporting broader parasitology undergraduate and graduate laboratory education and fieldwork.
Once established and trained in the lab, we will rely on you to:
MPS Teaching Space Assistance:
- Clean, organize, maintain the laboratory space for programs and use of space for teaching in-person labs.
- Repair existing equipment and suggest required maintenance and equipment purchases.
- Dispose of biohazardous waste and other waste items as necessary
- Ensure safe lab practices by students when in the lab
- Organize samples and replace study-set samples with new specimens when needed, along with maintaining supplies for specimen maintenance.
- Handle collected necropsy samples and maintain records as to where and when acquired and arrange for rabies testing where appropriate.
- Assist in having collected roadkill examined for rabies states by the necropsy lab tested for rabies by the Animal Health Diagnostic Center.
- Maintain the computer resource of the MPS teaching materials and images for access to the laboratories.
- Perform routine care and refurbishing of the microscopes routinely used by the students in the lab.
MPS Lab Instruction Assistance:
- Assist teaching staff by preparing lab space for students.
- Ensuring specimens and supplies are ready for each day's lab and for cleanup after labs.
- Dispose of chemical and biological waste accordingly.
- Assist in refining labs for the next time after each lab is completed and with maintaining inventory and the ordering of need lab supplies
MPS Museum Room Management
- Maintain the teaching collection of approximately 43,000 parasitological specimens and also the physical collection of approximately 3,000 -5,000 images that are maintained in the museum space with the goals of still having them digitized.
- Organize the existing collection into a readily accessible and ready to use teaching resource with barcodes and digital database, restore and rebuild individual specimens with fluid and refill, re-mount, and recover slip as needed.
- Provide new containers for specimens as needed along with stains, reagents, etc., for specimen handling, fixation, and preservation.
- Prepare and preserve new parasite acquisitions.
This position is 39 hours per week, with some weekend hours required occasionally. This is a position in a biohazard level II lab.
*This is a three-year term position; reappointment will be contingent upon funding and performance.
What you need to have:
- An Associates degree in a science related field and up to two years of laboratory experience or equivalent combination of education.
- Microscope experience in a professional setting along with basic repair and maintenance experience.
- Willing to be vaccinated for rabies since collecting and performing necropsies on wildlife is required.
- Experience with cataloging museum collections and with specimen preservation, microscope slide preparation and accession organization.
- Excellent oral and written communication and relational skills and strong attention to detail
- Propensity to learn computer skills (MS Office, email, internet searches, and data analysis programs).
- Capability to work precisely and confidently with strong manual dexterity and adhere to concurrent timelines regularly.
- Laboratory science is a team sport: organization is critical, and working proactively will be as important as being team-oriented.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Parasitology and more than two years of experience.
- The position requires successful completion of Cornell training courses (i.e. animal use, radioisotope training, and chemical safety).
What's in it for you:
- We hope you appreciate great benefits. Cornell receives national recognition as an award-winning workplace for our health, wellbeing, sustainability, and diversity initiatives.
- Cornell's benefits program includes comprehensive health care options, access to wellness programs, employee discounts with local and national retail brands, and generous retirement contributions.
- Cornell's impressive educational benefits include tuition-free Extramural Study and Employee Degree Program, Tuition Aid for external education, and Cornell Children's Tuition Assistance program.
- Cornell has been nationally recognized as an award-winning workplace for our health, wellbeing, sustainability, and diversity initiatives. For more information, follow the link: Benefits at Cornell.
Working at the College of Veterinary Medicine also comes with an active Staff Council dedicated to improving the work environment and an overall welcoming community interested in helping its members be successful.
** Resume and Cover Letters are required for all position considerations.
** Relocation assistance will not be provided for this position.
** Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
University Job Title:
Technician III
Job Family:
Technical
Level:
C
Pay Rate Type:
Hourly
Company:
Contract College
Contact Name:
Soubhagya Chattopadhyay
Number of Openings:
1
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