Lab Assistant
Competition 1872
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Description
This position is a part of the Non-Academic Staff Association (NASA).
This position has a term length of one year plus a day and offers a comprehensive benefits package which can be viewed on our Benefits Overview page.
Location - This role is in-person. Work primarily takes place at North Campus, Edmonton.
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Working for the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Cell Biology Dept
The Cell Biology performs fundamental medical research using cellular and animal models to understand underlying mechanistic causes of the pathophysiology of human disease.
Position Summary
This is an entry-level technical assistant position in a Drosophila (fruit fly) research laboratory working with live insects (flies) including maintaining, breeding and preparing animal tissue for histological analysis by microscopy as well as assisting a senior technician with general laboratory maintenance activities and day to day safety supervision and mentoring of undergraduates working in the laboratory.
Duties
- Feeding and caring for laboratory animals (fruit flies)., This involves the transfer of animals to new food as appropriate, monitoring for infestation by pests, and confirming genotypes via observation of physical and molecular characteristics (e.g. GFP)
- Making genetic crosses (breeding) of fruit flies for specific experiments. Design, and performance of selective breeding of specific genotypes to selectively modify gene expression in tissues
- Microsurgical dissection of organs from fruit flies for histological analysis. Recognize and isolate without damage organs from animals, tissue fixation, and use of chemical and antibody markers to recognize specific proteins/lipids
- Imaging of prepared organ or cell samples via widefield and confocal microscopy
- Post-image processing using advanced software, including 3D image deconvolution (HuygensPro) and quantitation (e.g. Imaris)
- DNA, RNA and protein isolation
- Analysis of DNA or protein via gel electrophoresis
Minimum Qualifications
- BSc in Cell Biology with 1+ years experience (post-degree) working in a Drosophila research laboratory
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We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those individuals selected for an interview will be contacted.
The University of Alberta is committed to an equitable, diverse, and inclusive workforce. We welcome applications from all qualified persons. We encourage women; First Nations, Métis and Inuit persons; members of visible minority groups; persons with disabilities; persons of any sexual orientation or gender identity and expression; and all those who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas and the University to apply.
ApplyNote: This opportunity will be available until midnight January 8, 2025, Edmonton, Alberta local time.