Title- Animal Science Intern- Unpaid
Company: Lacerta Therapeutics
Division:Research and Development
Location: UF Innovate, Alachua, FL
12085 Research Drive #170
Alachua, FL 32615
Contact: Tara McParland
taram@lacertatherapeutics.com
Description: Lacerta Therapeutics is a clinical stage gene therapy company using a constellation of proprietary adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector technologies to develop treatments for central nervous system and lysosomal storage diseases.
The Intern will assist with animal work (mice/rats) on various projects and tasks to gain experience in the field of animal research and development. This includes but is not limited to:
- Animal Husbandry
- General checks and weight checks
- Breeding
- Weaning
- Genotyping
- Assisting with animal procedures
- Behavior Studies
- Handling
- Harvesting
- Surgery
- Processing animal tissue
- Running PCR and gels, western blots, extracting DNA
- Preparing and staining slides
- Inventory management of tissues and slides
The intern may also be asked to help around the lab with other projects, including molecular biology, but animal work will take precedence.