Laboratory Assistant Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Minimum 2 years’ experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience required.
• Bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences or related scientific discipline required. A minimum of 4 years of experience in a scientific role is required for consideration of a Bachelor's degree in a different discipline.
• Computer skills required: Microsoft Office. Statistical analysis, graphing, and presentation of data.

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience or internships in a laboratory setting.
• Prior experience biological research, ideally with Arabidopsis thaliana.
• Demonstrated experience and application of molecular biology knowledge, specifically with plant development and molecular genetics.
• Demonstrated experience with confocal microscopy, plant roots
• Demonstrated experience in sample preparation: staining, embedding, slicing etc.
• Demonstrated experience with routine molecular biology skills: primer design, PCR, qPCR, molecular cloning, DNA/RNA extractions, bacterial transformation, and plasmid DNA extraction.
• Demonstrated experience in basic coding.
• Knowledge of relevant regulations and compliance standards.

Responsibilities

• Conduct molecular and biotechnology techniques, including: Genotype reporter and mutant lines.
• Assist in designing novel constructs and optimize cloning strategies.
• Assess the expression of reporter lines via staining, imaging, and/or western blotting.
• Screen mutants and inducible plant lines for desired traits.
• Record and analyze all data and observations in an appropriate electronic lab notebook.
• Prepare technical reports, summaries, protocols, and quantitative analyses, ensuring experiments are well documented.
• Collaborate with and discuss results with the rest of the research team.
• Prepare solutions, reagents, and media plates.
• Grow and maintain plant lines.
• Organize plant lines & construct stocks.
• Ability to exercise judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.
• Ability to follow general instruction on routine work, and detailed instructions on new assignments.
• Performs other related duties as assigned by management.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• retirement
• paid time off
• tuition reimbursement
• patient advocacy services
• transit/parking program