Responsibilities

• Daily animal husbandry tasks for mice housed in isolator and isocage systems (ABSL1 and ABSL2)
• Regular health monitoring and assessment of animals in accordance with applicable guidelines
• Breeding, mating, and monitoring of assigned mouse lines
• Supply of isolators with sterile materials, including sterile imports and transfers
• Professional and sterile export of animals from isolators for scientific use
• Documentation and data recording related to animal husbandry, hygiene, and equipment
• Participation and performing reproductive techniques, including vasectomy of males, embryo transfer, in vitro fertilization (IVF), cryopreservation of embryos, as well as sperm collection and cryopreservation
• Handling, quality assessment, thawing, and transfer of cryopreserved embryos and sperm in accordance with established protocols
• Support in the management and maintenance of cryopreserved mouse lines
• Sample collection in accordance with applicable guidelines (e.g. microbiological monitoring and genetic analyses)
• Cleaning, disinfection, and reprocessing of rooms, cages, bottles, connectors, operating materials, laboratory glassware, and equipment to maintain hygienic standards
• Collaboration and communication with researchers and facility staff

Your Profile

• Completed vocational training as a Certified Animal Caretaker EFZ (specialization in laboratory animals) or an equivalent qualification
• Practical experience in the care and handling of laboratory animals
• Experience in axenic and/or gnotobiotic animal husbandry is an advantage but not required; thorough training will be provided
• Experience in reproductive techniques such as vasectomy of males, embryo transfer, in vitro fertilization (IVF), cryopreservation of embryos, and sperm collection and cryopreservation is considered an asset
• Experience in the handling, quality assessment, thawing, and transfer of cryopreserved embryos and sperm is desirable
• Careful, structured, and reliable working style, including routine tasks
• High sense of responsibility and enjoyment of precise work under strict hygiene and safety requirements
• Team-oriented, proactive, and resilient
• Willingness to work in an ABSL-2 environment
• Good command of either German or English; basic knowledge of the other language or willingness to learn it
• Planned weekend duty with appropriate time and money compensation in accordance with cantonal regulation

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