Biologist
This Direct-Hire position is in the Food and Drug Administration and is located in the Division of Neurotoxicology which primary mission is to identify and quantify the neurotoxicity associated with FDA-regulated products and identify biological pathways associated with the expression of neurotoxicity.
Duties
- Uses techniques or methods to define mechanisms by which various chemicals or other compounds/insults produce or prevent neurotoxicity.
- Keeps accurate records, and maintains an adequate stock of chemicals, supplies and equipment for several laboratories.
- Uses and operates a variety of type of scientific equipment, including analytical balances, pH meters, centrifuges, automatic pipettes, spectrophotometers, HPLC (for measurement of neurotransmitters or other endpoints) and microscopes.
- Reports safety hazards, potentially hazardous situations, and ?close calls? to the supervisor, and assists the supervisor to identify and eliminate unsafe conditions.
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