In Vivo Biologist/ Animal Behavior- Indianapolis, IN

Company Overview:

ATL, A Bureau Veritas Company is a professional services organization with an ever-broadening service portfolio to support FDA-regulated products and companies worldwide. Providing scientific, engineering, and regulatory laboratory services, we seamlessly leverage our expertise within the consumer product goods, pharmaceutical, and medical device industries. Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, we are a highly profitable and nimble entrepreneurial organization comprised of nearly 500 experts who work throughout the United States. Anchored by the mission to add value to our clients throughout all stages of the product life cycle, we are the most desired business partner for our Fortune 500 clients.
 
Perks & Benefits at ATL:

• Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability paid by Employer
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with Employer Contribution
• Paid Time Off
• Employee Assistance Plan
• Employee Discount Program
• Wellness Program
• Career Mobility & Ongoing Development

Position Summary:

The In Vivo Biologist is responsible for supporting multiple animal studies including but not limited to in-vivo animal handling skills, take down, tissue collection and dosing. 

 
What You'll Do:

• Demonstrate exceptional ability to assist team members with executing high-quality in vivo studies and record down dosing times, dosing volume, bleeding times, body weights, food consumption and unscheduled events
• Be able to carry out randomize, blind, formulate, dosing of test compounds to study animals using the following methodologies PO, subcutaneous (SC), intramuscular (IM), intravenous (IV), intraperitoneal (IP)
• Delivers high-quality tissue samples, including plasma, cerebral spinal fluid, and organs including dorsal root ganglion, brain, and other central nervous system structures.
• Process, label, and deliver samples for analysis internally and externally
• Conduct or assist in conducting in vivo behavioral studies
• Record data in notebook, presenting in laboratory/project meetings
• Demonstrates aseptic procedures
• Assists in preparing lab for necropsies, general lab ordering, general lab maintenance, stocking, organization and reagent preparation

What You’ll Need:

• Demonstrated proficiency in dosing and handling mice and rats.
• Able to collect animal plasma, cerebral spinal fluid, and tissues.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Flexibility and adaptability to a fast-paced work environment with changing priorities.
• Strong organizational, multi-tasking, and time-management skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, ability to document experiments clearly and according to Good Research Practice principles.
• Ensures full compliance with all regulations, including understanding and following all Animal Care and Use protocols.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree in related scientific field
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience with animal handling, dosing experience, and tissue collection
• Minimum of one (1) year experience with animal behavioral studies

An equivalent combination of education and experience may be accepted in lieu of above.

AT ATL, we are an Equal Opportunity Employer and take pride in a diverse environment. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, medical condition or disability, or any other legally protected status. ATL strongly supports diversity in the workplace.