Biotechnology Laboratory Associate

Responsibilities:

• Excellent employment opportunity for a Laboratory Associate in the Ames, IA area.
• Additional Information: Shift 8-4, Hours 40hrs/week
• Prepare labels and label clinical study samples.
• Assist in collection of clinical study samples or necropsy.
• Aliquot clinical study samples. (serum, swab effluents, fecal samples, animal tissue samples).
• Maintain electronic inventory of clinical study samples.
• Accurately record all laboratory activities and techniques on data capture forms, research notebooks, and raw data notebooks as appropriate.
• Review and contribute to protocols, planning, and execution.
• Create and prepare submissions to diagnostic laboratories and to AVRC laboratories.
• Compile testing information from outside labs and AVRC labs for statistical and reporting within clinical teams
• Support clinical teams with document scanning, manual data entry and quality control of data entry.
• Receives samples, plans, and executes processing and delivery to the appropriate lab for testing.
• Ability to Plan and create a weekly schedule from multiple lists
• Maintain number lists with minimal transposition
• Initiates, executes, completes, and communicates duties and related issues

Experience:

• A.A.S. or B.S.
• Effective organization and time management skills.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.
• Handling of veterinary laboratory specimens
• Experience with the safe and appropriate use of BSL2 organisms preferred.
• Hand eye coordination
• Aseptic technique
• Proactive and resourceful.
• Ability to work across groups and take direction from multiple scientists.
• Competent with Microsoft Office software.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills; High level of comfort/ease interacting with all levels of the organization.
• Maintains a constructive and positive attitude for working on projects and for working at Company.
• Follow Research & Development policies and procedures to maintain high quality standards and follow best practices.