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Research Technician
Research Drug Discovery Full-time
The Provenzani laboratory is seeking 1 motivated individual to join a multidisciplinary research team focused on the characterization of the mechanism of action of proprietary small molecules.
A Laboratory Technician is sought to take care of aspects of the project related to:
i) optimization of recombinant protein expression
ii) optimization of high throughput assays for drug screening
Qualifications:
• Degree in Biology or Biotechnology or similar;
• The ideal candidate should possess knowledge in approaches to drug discovery and pharmacology.
• Team work attitude;
• Excellent knowledge (written and spoken) of the English language.
Additional qualifications and skills (considered a plus):
· Expertise in recombinant protein purification and gene cloning
· Dose-response curve experiment
· Mammal cell cultivation
· Basic molecular biology techniques (Q-RTPCR, WB)
Provenzani Laboratory
The genomic screening laboratory is dedicated to the identification of novel bioactive small molecules via the utilization of high throughput technologies. Current projects are about targeting RNA binding proteins in cancer area and RAN translation in the neurodegenerative area. Dr Alessandro Provenzani is Professor at the University of Trento and is currently funded by cancer research foundations as AIRC and AIL, ALS foundation ARISLA and EU within the frame of H2020 projects.
The University of Trento and the CIBIO Department
The University of Trento is top ranked among medium sized Italian Universities (1st on 2021/2022 Censis ranking, 1st for research output for the ANVUR/VQR rankings both in 2016 and in 2022). The CIBIO Department (https://www.cibio.unitn.it/) was founded in 2008. It includes 44 research groups. CIBIO’s infrastructure provides cutting-edge core facilities for internal and external academic research institutions. They include state-of-the-art next generation sequencing, flow cytometry, advanced imaging, high throughput screening, proteomics, animal modelling, cell technology and bioinformatics services.