RESEARCH LABORATORY TECHNICIAN

• Provides assistance with Surgical and Experimental procedures
• Assisting with preparation and performance of surgical operations involving large (pig) animals.
• Assisting with sample (tissue, blood, urine) collection, processing, and storage.
• Conducting a variety laboratory assays such as: amino acid and protein isolation and derivatization; protein concentration assay, gel electrophoresis, platelet aggregation assay, blood gas analysis, blood clot analysis (thromboelastography),Coagulation tests (PT, aPTT, ACT measurements), blood chemistry analysis.
• Operating Gas Chromatography—Mass Spectrometry and performing related data integration, enrichment calculation, and mathematical modeling.
• Recording and maintaining to computer a database of samples and experiments for graphing purposes.
• Ordering animals and scheduling OR and Vet support.
• Performing basic statistical computations of "raw data' such as:mean, standard deviation, standard errors, t-test, analysis of variance.
• Assisting with reference collection, organizing and editing research reports, posters and manuscripts.
• Provides General Laboratory Maintenance
• Maintain complete inventory of supplies and equipment.
• Prepare solutions, drugs and reagents for experiments.
• Maintain laboratory in an orderly state.
• Provides Coordination and Communication Services to ISR Laboratory Support Branch and Animal Facility
• Organizing the study team to ensure everyone understands his/her job description and standards.
• Assist in reviewing and overseeing all the preparation and assays.
• Assist new personnel whenever necessary.

Additional Requirements and Notes:

• Contractor shall comply with all Army, Institute and other regulatory research requirements.
• Contractor shall comply with safety procedures and infection control/occupational health procedures pertaining to the laboratory, vivarium and animal surgery area, to include documentation of the following: TB Test; Hepatitis B vaccine, titer, or wavier, Toxoplasmosis titer (females); Rabies (pre-bite) vaccine, titer, or wavier, Brucellosis titer; Q-Fever titer, Tetanus booster within the last 5; HIV titer.
• The contractor employee is responsible for maintaining the equipment assigned to them by the Institute for the completion of assigned tasks.

• When required to take government equipment out of Building 3611, the contractor employee must obtain a property pass, Optional Form 7, from the Institutes Logistics Property Book Officer to validate the authorization to do so.

• Contractor shall travel to present research data or attend medical/scientific meetings and to obtain education in specialized emerging methodologies and concepts will be at the discretion of the Commander and Director, USAISR.
• Contractor personnel must clearly identify themselves as a contractor employee. The name of their company must be part of their email address, all correspondence and all identification badges, desk plates, etc. Additionally, contractor personnel are required to identify themselves as contractor personnel when attending meetings, answering Government telephones, or working in situations where their status as contractor employees may not be obvious.

Security Clearance:

• NAC security clearance is required.

Security badges:

• Personnel shall wear an identifying badge issued by the Government at the site. The badge shall be worn on outer clothing between the neck and waist on the front part of the body and be visible at all times.