A part-time animal research technician position is available jointly in the labs of Drs. Shannon Dunn and Chao Wang, Biological Sciences Platform at Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto.
One of Canada's Top 10 Research Hospitals, Sunnybrook Research Institute is developing innovations in care for the more than 1.3 million patients the hospital cares for annually. Sunnybrook Research Institute is the research enterprise of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, a teaching hospital fully affiliated with the University of Toronto. Research spans three Toronto-based campuses, eight programs and three scientific platforms. Our main aims are to understand and prevent disease, and to develop treatments that enhance and extend life. Our vision is to invent the future of health care. Each year, we conduct about $100 million in research across 500,000 square feet, including in the world’s first Centre for Research in Image-Guided Therapeutics.
The Dunn lab and Wang lab are both interested in developing treatments for brain disorders presenting with neuroimmune pathologies. They specialize in preclinical animal models of depression and multiple sclerosis. The successful applicant will focus on performing animal husbandry, colony management, and assist in related experiments.
Summary Of Duties
- Animal husbandry (e.g. weaning, tagging mice)
- Record keeping
- Assist in maintaining preclinical models
- Animal behavioral assessment
- Collaborate with lab members on various projects
- Immunohistochemistry
- Flow cytometry
- Primary Immune Culture
Qualifications
- Prior experience with mouse handling, tagging, and record keeping
- Prior experience with small animal behavioral evaluation an asset
- Experience with EthoVision software an asset
- BSc. in biology or related field
- Exceptional communication and organizational skills
- Detail oriented and dependable individual capable of working independently
