Lab Technician - Biology

Lab Technician - Biology

Salary: $22.00 per hour based on a 35 hour work week
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Location: Biology
Position Status: Full-time (12 month, Grantfunded)
Hours: Varied
Position Number: 063123/30-517
FLSA Status: Non-exempt

POSITION SUMMARY:
The laboratory technician is responsible for general maintenance andorganization of the lab. Will also carry out experiments related to NIH grants.

The labtechnician should be organized, reliable, and able to work independently.

This is a grantfunded position.

DUTIESAND RESPONSIBILITIES:
General labmaintenance. Conduct lab chores and coordinate with work study student.Maintain lab inventories, order reagents, contact vendors and salesrepresentatives, prepare and maintain stock solutions, plates, and otherconsumables. Maintain equipment and coordinate repairs and vendor maintenance.

General laborganization. Maintain biohazard SOP, maintain chemical inventory and wasteremoval, organize lab meeting schedule, maintain lab website, attend all labmeetings, coordinate undergraduate student schedules and training, maintain C.elegans stocks and other reagents
Help to purchasenew equipment and computers for lab.

Positivelyrepresent the Maniates lab at departmental seminars, retreats, receptions, andother events.

Conductexperiments related to aims outlined in NIH grants, maintain an organizedlaboratory notebook, intellectually contribute to ongoing projects, helpstudents with maintaining strains while attending conferences and duringacademic year as needed, generating C. elegans strains and plasmids.

Supervisesstudent employees only.

Completes other duties as assigned.

Minimumqualifications:

Bachelor's degree in biology, biochemistry, or related field from an accreditededucational institution with 1-2 years of laboratory experience with molecularand cell biological techniques.

Preferredqualifications:

Experience with C. elegans, gene cloning, microscopy, and PCR is preferred butnot required.

Degree in studyof Genetics, Cell Biology, Development

Alternatively, the successful candidate may possess any equivalent combinationof experience and training, which provides the knowledge, skills and abilitiesrequired to perform the essential job functions. This includes, but is notlimited to, the following:

Analytical,communication, initiative, technical skills, problem solving, collaboration andteamwork, supervision, adaptability.

Ability toestablish and maintain effective working relationships with the UniversityCommunity.

Ability and willingness to contribute actively to the mission of the Universityand to respect the Spiritan Catholic identity of Duquesne University. Themission is implemented through a commitment to academic excellence, a spirit ofservice, moral and spiritual values, sensitivity to world concerns, and anecumenical campus community.

APPLICATIONINSTRUCTIONS:

Applicants are asked to submit a cover letter, resume, and contact informationfor three professional references.

DuquesneUniversity was founded in 1878 by its sponsoring religious community, theCongregation of the Holy Spirit. Duquesne University is Catholic inmission and ecumenical in spirit. Motivated by its Catholic identity,Duquesne values equality of opportunity both as an educational institution andas an employer.