Lab Technician (2-Year Term)

Date Posted: 03/19/2024
Req ID: 36581
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering
Department: Institute of Biomedical Engineering
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
Position Number: 00047954

Description:

About us:

The Institute of Biomedical Engineering (IBME) is a multidisciplinary research community where investigators across engineering, medicine and dentistry collaborate to develop innovative solutions that address global challenges in human health. Located in the heart of Canada’s largest health-care research network, our faculty offer quality education to students who receive training in biomedical and clinical engineering. These highly experienced faculty have been involved in launching more than 20 start-up companies and driving three major biomedical engineering commercialization ventures. Our faculty and students routinely publish in top journals in the Nature, Cell and Advanced Materials family journals.

Your opportunity:

We are looking for a dynamic, highly motivated team member to help move our projects from discovery to application. You will join a lively, dynamic, creative, dedicated and a friendly group of ~15 graduate students and post-docs within the Radisic lab at the University of Toronto who have developed technologies such as Biowire, AngioChip, AngioTube, inVADE, Tissue Velcro, Injectable Tissue in journals such as Nature Methods, Nature Materials, Cell, PNAS etc. You will have an opportunity to interact with all members of this creative team, helping to shape new research publications through technical help with experiments and supplies ordering. You will also have an opportunity to interact with the members of CRAFT center https://craftmicrofluidics.ca/, a collaboration between the National Research Council of Canada and the University of Toronto. The Radisic lab is developing new technologies in the areas of organ-on-a-chip engineering, tissue engineering and biomaterials. You will report to the group leader, Prof. Milica Radisic. IBME provides an open, professional environment that fosters a culture built on respect, goal orientation, self-motivation, accountability, and teamwork.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Applying established standards when preparing routine samples for research projects and/or experiments.
• Preparing aliquots.
• Collecting experimental data, verifying results and passing on findings.
• Applying established standards when determining material requirements for lab set up based on timetables and requisitions information.
• Following rules and procedural instructions when restocking glassware in laboratories and/or store rooms.
• Paying close attention to occupational safety precautions.
• Ordering supplies with approval.
• Providing orientation to others on work procedures and practices.

Essential Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Biomedical Engineering, Biology, Life Science, Chemical Engineering or a similar field or acceptable combination of equivalent experience.
• Minimum one year related experience in a laboratory.
• Experience with PRC, Western blotting.
• Experience with immunostaining.
• Experience with flow cytometry and FACS.
• Outstanding organizational skills.
• Effective communication (oral and written) skills.
• Mammalian cell culture skills.
• Knowledge of basic cell and molecular biology.
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment; demonstrated initiative and judgment; attention to detail; good laboratory practices.
• Knowledge of laboratory safety protocols.

Assets (Nonessential):

• Experience with stem cell culturing

To be successful in this role you will be:

• Meticulous
• Organized
• Proactive
• Problem solver
• Responsible
• Self-directed

Closing Date: 03/27/2024, 11:59PM ET
Employee Group: USW
Appointment Type: Grant - Term
Schedule: Full-Time
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:
USW Pay Band 06 -- $54,635 with an annual step progression to a maximum of $69,868. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol.
Job Category: Engineering / Technical

Lived Experience Statement
Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.