Research Lab Technician Associate-MCDB-Kumar Lab

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A cover letter is required for consideration for this position and should be attached as the first page of your resume. The cover letter should address your specific interest in the position and outline skills and experience that directly relate to this position.

Summary

The Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology (MCDB) at the University of Michigan is seeking a highly motivated individual to work as a Research Laboratory Technician Associate. The desired candidate will work under the guidance of the Principal Investigator in a laboratory using genetics, molecular biology, biochemistry, and genomics/proteomics to study signaling pathways that regulate cell growth in the budding yeast. These pathways are relevant to understanding fungal virulence and diseases, including cancer.

Mission Statement

The mission of the University of Michigan is to serve the people of Michigan and the world through preeminence in creating, communicating, preserving and applying knowledge, art, and academic values, and in developing leaders and citizens who will challenge the present and enrich the future.

Why Work at Michigan?

In addition to a career filled with purpose and opportunity, the University of Michigan offers a comprehensive benefits package to help you stay well, protect yourself and your family and plan for a secure future. Benefits include:

• Generous time off, including vacation time, sick time, holiday and season days
• A retirement plan that provides two-for-one matching contributions with immediate vesting
• Many choices for comprehensive health insurance
• Life insurance
• Long-term disability coverage
• Flexible spending accounts for healthcare and dependent care expenses

In addition, LSA offers:

• Strong commitment to work/life balance
• Flexible work arrangements with respect to campus stakeholder needs
• Enhanced tuition support programs for LSA courses

Being part of something greater, of serving a larger mission of discovery and care that's the heart of what drives people to work at Michigan. In some way, great or small, every person here helps to advance this world-class institution. It's adding a purpose to your profession. Work at Michigan and become a victor for the greater good.

Responsibilities*

The successful applicant will conduct and troubleshoot experiments, record and analyze the resulting data, and organize research results for publication. This person will also actively participate in lab meetings and must be willing to learn and develop to gain new knowledge and skills, establish new experimental protocols, and contribute to the completion of project goals.

Specific responsibilities:

• Lab management (10%): Placing orders, tending to equipment, safety dispositions, EHS inspections
• Research duties (50%): Execution of various laboratory techniques including but not limited to; Protein purification, Western blotting, HPLC, PCR, DNA cloning, microbiology techniques (culturing yeast and bacteria), and live cell fluorescence microscopy.
• Data collection, analysis, and writing (30%): Data collection, analysis, and writing: Maintain a laboratory notebook documenting research results, generate and analyze experimental results and reports, assist assembling experimental figures and in writing of scientific manuscripts.
• Training (10%): Train and assist undergraduate and graduate students in standard lab procedures as needed. Assist other lab members with their experiments as needed.

Required Qualifications*

High school diploma or Associate's degree and 1 year of experience. The applicant should possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills as well as strong organizational and time management skills. Must have previous research experience in biochemistry or microbiology, or preferably both. Must be willing to learn and develop new knowledge and skills, establish new experimental protocols, and contribute to the completion of project goals.

The candidate must have previous research experience in biochemistry or microbiology, or preferably both. Experience with protein expression and purification, Western blotting, and standard molecular biology/microbiology techniques (e.g. PCR, recombinant DNA cloning, etc.) is preferred.

Desired Qualifications*

Bachelor's degree in a life science discipline and 1-2 years of relevant research experience in a microbiology or biochemistry lab is preferred. Experience with protein expression and purification, HPLC, fluorescence microscopy, and standard molecular biology techniques (e.g. PCR, recombinant DNA cloning, etc.) is also preferred.

Additional Information

This is a one-year term-limited position with the possibility of renewal based on satisfactory performance, availability of work, and availability of funding.  The position requires an in-person laboratory presence in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

As one of the world's great liberal arts colleges, LSA pushes the boundaries of what is understood about the human experience and the natural world, and we foster the next generation of rigorous and empathetic thinkers, creators, and contributors to the state of Michigan, the nation, and the world.

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Background Screening

The University of Michigan conducts background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer and may use a third party administrator to conduct background checks.  Background checks are performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

Application Deadline

Job openings are posted for a minimum of seven calendar days.  The review and selection process may begin as early as the eighth day after posting. This opening may be removed from posting boards and filled anytime after the minimum posting period has ended.

U-M EEO/AA Statement

The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.