Laboratory Technician Full-time

Research Laboratory Manager

This competition is open to all applicants however; internal candidates and applicants who were former employees of the University of Alberta will be given priority consideration before external candidates. Please log in to verify your internal candidate status.

This position has a term length of 1 year plus 1 day.

Location – This role is in-person at North Campus Edmonton.

This position is responsible for managing the PI's research laboratory under occasional supervision. The laboratory examines ion homeostasis (primarily calcium, magnesium, and phosphate) in preclinical models, including genetically modified mice, as well as primary, immortalized, and stem cell cultures. The incumbent conducts complex experiments, performs advanced data analysis, maintains a variety of laboratory and departmental equipment, and serves as a resource to department members. Departmental duties include oversight and maintenance of shared equipment and instructing users on its safe and appropriate operation.

Responsibilities

Lead lab operations & space management: Oversee research lab activities, supervise trainees (graduate students, PDFs, summer and undergraduate students), and manage the opening, operation, and closeout of wet laboratory spaces.

Support research design, execution & analysis: Collaborate with PIs on project development and protocol design; conduct experimental procedures, perform complex data analyses, and interpret/report findings.

Perform specialized laboratory procedures: Conduct advanced in vitro and in vivo techniques (e.g., membrane isolation, perfusion studies, Xenopus oocyte assays, molecular analyses, cell culture, Ussing chamber and flux studies).

Manage lab infrastructure & compliance: Oversee shared equipment, chemical and radioisotope inventories, radiation monitoring, and regulatory reporting; serve on the departmental safety committee.

Train & mentor personnel: Instruct users in specialized techniques, equipment operation, safety protocols, and laboratory management practices.

Procurement & resource coordination: Evaluate and purchase equipment and specialty items; coordinate animal experiment scheduling and maintain shared research infrastructure.

Qualifications

Minimum:

• Technical diploma, preferably specialized in Biological Science or related field
• 5+ years of experience in a research environment related to the field, preferably in a lab environment
• Training and experience with small animal handling
• Experience with radioisotope handling
• Training and experience in Transportation of Dangerous Goods

Preferred:

• Demonstrated experience with isolation of renal and intestinal cell membranes and isotope flux studies using membrane vesicles.
• Expertise in in vivo perfusion of intestinal lumen and vascular perfusion of intestinal tissue and renal tubules in situ.
• Proficiency in isolation, preparation, and RNA injection of Xenopus oocytes, including flux studies using oocyte expression systems.
• Experience conducting Ussing chamber studies for epithelial transport analysis.
• Strong background in molecular biology techniques, including RNA isolation, Northern blotting, Western blotting, and immunohistochemistry of oocytes and epithelial tissues.
• Experience preparing, culturing, and maintaining primary, immortalized, or stem cell lines for experimental use.

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