Lab Technician
2 weeks ago
**Date Posted**:11/08/2024
**Req ID**: 40608
**Faculty/Division**: Temerty Faculty of Medicine
**Department**: Department of Biochemistry
**Campus**: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
**Position Number**: 00057108
**Description**:
**About us**:
Home to over 40 departments and institutes, the University of Toronto's Temerty Faculty of Medicine lies at the heart of the Toronto Academic Health Science Network and is a global leader in ground-breaking research and education, spanning clinical medicine, basic science and the rehabilitation sciences sectors.
**Your opportunity**:
The Department of Biochemistry is a dynamic community of 70 faculty, 150 graduatestudents and 450 undergraduate students. Our research touches on fundamental questions on basic mechanisms of living systems as well as the discovery of new therapeutics against infection, cancer and neurodegenerative disease. Our departmental mission isto offer undergraduate and graduate education that is second-to-none in the world. We aim to prepare the best minds for careers in academia as well as the private sector.
As Laboratory Technician, you will support the Dr. Hyun Lee's lab, focusing on how non-membranous organelles are regulated in cells and how their dysregulation impacts cellular health and function. Relying on your sharp technical and organizational skills, you will work closely with Dr. Lee and members of the team to help advance our mission and research.
**Your responsibilities will include**:
- Constructing proof of concept experiments to test different elements of the process
- Preparing statistical reports and summaries from data collected
- Providing detailed explanations and demonstrating procedures to students/employees on lab techniques, experimental procedures, and protocols
**Essential Qualifications**:
- Bachelors of Science (B.Sc.) in relevant science field, or an acceptable equivalent combination of education and experience
- Minimum one year relevant experience in a molecular biology or biochemistry lab
- Experience following rules and procedural instructions with sterilization, handwashing and cleaning procedures related to lab maintenance
- Experience with providing orientation to others on work procedures and practices
- Demonstrated experience interpreting experimental results, trouble-shooting experiments, and managing conflicting priorities and deadlines
- Experience maintaining laboratory records, and collecting, maintaining and verifying laboratory results
- Experience maintaining shared laboratory spaces and equipment
- Excellent time management, organizational and multi-tasking skills; and ability to exercise sound judgement
- Strong oral and written communication skills, ability to exercise initiative and deal effectively with a diverse group of colleagues
- Ability to work under pressure with scientific deadlines
- Excellent manual dexterity required
**To be successful in this role you will be**:
- Communicator
- Diligent
- Multi-tasker
- Organized
Please note that this is a term position until September 2025.
**Closing Date**: 11/19/2024, 11:59PM ET
**Employee Group**: USW
**Appointment Type**: Grant - Term
**Schedule**:
**Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone**:
**Job Category**: Research Administration & Teaching
**Recruiter**: Andrea Varicak
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