Scientific Coordinator

**Department** Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Cell Biology Dept

**Salary range** $54,977.40 to $74,669.16

**Hours per week** 35

**Grade** 8

**Posted date** September 23, 2025

**Closing date** September 30, 2025

**Position Type** Full Time - Trust Funded

**Description**:
This position is a part of the Non-Academic Staff Association (NASA).

This position offers a comprehensive benefits package.

**Location** - This role is in-person at North Campus Edmonton.

**Working at the University of Alberta**
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The University of Alberta is a community of knowledge seekers, change makers and world shapers who lead with purpose each and every day. We are home to over 14,000 faculty and staff, more than 40,000 students and a growing community of 300,000 alumni worldwide.

Your work will have a meaningful influence on a fascinating cross-section of people — from our students and community members, to our renowned researchers and innovators, making discoveries and generating solutions that make the world healthier, safer, stronger and more just. Learn more.

**Working for the Department of Cell Biology**

The Department of Cell Biology is committed to research excellence in modern cell biology. Our faculty members also teach at the undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate levels to develop a new generation of exceptional investigators. The Department of Cell Biology is home to a diverse group of faculty members that are nationally and internationally recognized in multiple areas of experimental cell biology. The Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry (FoMD) comprises 21 departments, supported by 7 research institutes and 6 core facilities providing state-of-the-art research infrastructure and expertise, including world-class Flow Cytometry and Cell Imaging Cores.

**Position Summary**

The person holding this position will be responsible for managing the daily research operations and providing programmatic support to the Principal Investigator. Such as:

- Planning research activities and providing research design for a project and/or program.
- Determining the most appropriate methodology in carrying out identified research goals.
- Designing experiments, data collection protocols, and standards.

Participating in the writing of research papers, the preparation of presentations and publications. The incumbent will also perform a variety of complex experiments, collect, organize and analyze research data. In addition, they will act as a resource person liaising with the department, other labs at U of A and external/international collaborating labs. Duties will include performing laboratory experiments and supervising/instructing others in the performance of those studies and maintaining equipment and instructing users in the safe operation of such equipment.

**Duties**

Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

- Conducting complex research experiments
- Laboratory maintenance and service
- Provides leadership, supervises, and assigns experiments to available technicians when leading a project.
- Dissect fly tissues, particularly whole brain

**Minimum Qualifications**
- Postsecondary education in Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Genetics, or Biochemistry (PhD strongly preferred)
- Practical demonstrated experience with the following research disciplines and techniques is considered essential: tissue culture, preferably Drosophila S2 cells, dsRNA-mediated RNAi in Drosophila S2 cells, Drosophila behavior assays (Activity Monitors), Drosophila feeding assays (e.g., FLIC assay), Drosophila dissections, flow cytometry, qPCR, RNAseq and single-cell RNAseq, fly food making, trouble-shooting experimental assays, luminescence assays in cells and flies, including the lumicycle 32 and the Berthold 96-well plate luminometer, cloning as well as building dicistronic expression vectors, and with Western blotting.

**Preferred Qualifications**
- At least 3 years of effective supervisory experience using advanced interpersonal and skills to effectively lead and supervise at least other unionized employee.
- Interpersonal skills necessary to facilitate interactions with a range of users including students, PDFs, PI's, and administrators

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those individuals selected for an interview will be contacted.

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