Lab Technician

Date Posted: 10/28/2024
Req ID: 40427
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering
Department: Institute of Biomedical Engineering
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
Position Number: 00057320

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 ~12 undergraduate students, graduate students and post-docs within the Gilbert lab at the University of Toronto. The team investigates muscle stem cell mechanobiology and has developed skeletal muscle microphysiological technologies such as MEnDR, IDLE, MyoTACTIC for discovery and preclinical studies. 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. The Gilbert lab is developing new technologies in the areas of organ-on-a-chip engineering and muscle stem cell mechanobiology. You will report to the group leader, Prof Penney Gilbert. BME 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
• 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 an acceptable combination of equivalent experience.
• Minimum one year related experience in an academic laboratory.
• Experience with PCR, Western blotting.
• Experience with immunostaining.
• Experience with flow cytometry.
• Experience prospectively isolating muscle stem cells from skeletalmuscle tissue.
• Outstanding organizational skills.
• Effective communication (oral and written) skills.
• Mammalian cell culture skills that include experience working with skeletal muscle myoblasts (primary, immortalized, and iPSC-derived) in 2D and in 3D.
• 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 laboratorysafety protocols.

Assets (Nonessential):

• Experience with bacterial cell culturing.
• Experience with confocal microscopy.
• Experience with animal husbandry and genotyping.

To be successful in this role you will be:

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

Notes:

• This role is currently not eligible for a hybrid work arrangement, pursuant to University policies and guidelines, including but not limited to the University of Toronto’s Alternative Work Arrangements Guideline.

Closing Date: 11/06/2024, 11:59PM ET
Employee Group: USW 
Appointment Type: Grant - Continuing 
Schedule: Full-Time
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:  
USW Pay Band 06 -- $55,728. with an annual step progression to a maximum of $71,265. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol. 
Job Category: Research Administration & Teaching
 

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.