Laboratory technician within aquatic viral ecology

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The Department of Biology and Environmental Science is part of the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences. The research activities within this multidisciplinary department include the areas of aquatic ecology, cell and organism biology, evolutionary biology, microbiology, environmental science and environmental engineering as well as zoonotic ecology. The Marine Phytoplankton Ecology and Applications group seeks a scientific laboratory technician with a background in marine ecology.

Job description
You will work in a research laboratory where the focus is on aquatic phages. You will independently work with methods like plaque assays, DNA extractions, PCR, transcriptomic experiments and concentration of virus communities from aquatic environments. Also bioinformatics analyses of genomic and metagenomic data of phages will be included.

Qualification requirements
We are looking for a person with a university degree in biology, microbiology, molecular biology or equivalent. You should have fluent English skills. You should have practical experience of laboratory work regarding cultivation of bacteria and phages, DNA or RNA extraction methods, primer design, PCR, and collecting viral metagenomes. As a person you should be committed, flexible, structured, thorough, and have a genuine interest in research.

Other assesment grounds
Skills in Bioinformatic is an advantage.

Terms of employment
The position is temporary. Full time for four(4) months with the posibility of extension.
The employment is planned to start on January first, 2017.

Placement city
Kalmar

For further information
Please contact Assistant Professor Karin Holmfeldt (karin.holmfeldt@lnu.se) +46-(0)480-447308 or Head of Department Per-Eric Betzholtz, +46-480-446249 (per-eric.betzholtz@lnu.se) or Human resources consultant Christian Andersson (christian.andersson@lnu.se) +46-470- 708506.
Union representatives can be contacted via the university switchboard at +46-772-288000.

Please apply through lnu.se, and go to “jobs and vacancies”. The application needs to arrive no later than November 14th, 2016. Mark your application with reference number 2016/6087-2.2.1
The application (in English or Swedish) should  contain a CV (with telephone number and e-mail), documentation of exams and grades, a description of motivation and experiences relevant to the work and any other documentation that the applicant would like to present. The applicant should also provide 2 reference letters.

 

 

 

 


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