Animal Related Experiments and Breeding Colony Maintenance

• Develop novel computational approaches and analytical tools as required to achieve and maintain line specific breeding programs
• Design and direct ELISA testing for Alpha-1 Antitrypsin, to include oversight of technicians performing testing, review and interpretation of results, as it relates to breeding protocols
• Design and develop dose escalation studies involving live specimens under controlled surroundings and handle administration of drug treatments in accordance with IACUC protocols
• Collect, dissect, examine and interpret results of murine tissue and organ harvest.
• Develop, organize and conduct FLOW analysis and data interpretation.
• Provide intellectual input as to cloning strategies utilized in generation of unique plasmids and adenovector viruses.  Isolate and maintain cultures of bacteria

IACUC or IBC Clerical/Administrative Duties

• Develop and maintain IBC and IACUC protocol submissions, revisions and amendments
• Create novel organization strategy for maintenance of sample inventory for multiple animal colonies, to include conferring/collaborating with UF Information Technology in evaluating new database systems, create or modify web-based tools and test potentially new software to provide statistical and computational tools for development of statistics models
• Manage laboratory teams, monitor and direct scientific efforts relating to murine colonies.
• Review laboratory team reports and proposals for accuracy and adherence to IACUC policies and regulations.

Managerial duties

• Supervise other scientists, undergraduate students, and volunteers in the laboratory
• Coordinate experiments involving live animals that will undergo exposures, treatment and procedures in collaboration with other research groups on campus
• Monitor experiments involving live animals and document weekly parameters related to exposure  / treatment delivery, animal weight and well-being
• Interact and coordinate with off-campus collaborators samples shipments, common on-line meetings, and in-person visits
• Prepare a quarterly report on the performance of the scientists, students, and volunteers under direct supervision.

5-10 years bench experience in a research laboratory setting.