Research Technician - Aging Biology & Fly Metabolism

The Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy; Boston (MA); Sur place; USD 29 000 - 40 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

The Research Technician position at Tufts University’s HNRCA focuses on maintaining Drosophila stocks, performing behavioral and demographic assays, and extracting DNA and metabolites from flies. You will establish an efficient workflow and analyze results with basic statistics, contributing to project discussions with colleagues.

Ideal candidates hold a biology degree with lab experience, strong organization, and the ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in biology or related discipline with at least one year of research experience.
• Up to 1 year of related laboratory experience.

Responsabilités

• Maintains laboratory equipment and orders/keeps inventory of supplies.
• Prepares stock solutions, reagents and other media.
• Manages fly stocks.
• Manages undergraduate lab workers.
• Conducts routine experiments following appropriate protocols and procedures to achieve results.
• Records results and maintains accurate records of experiments.
• Performs sample extraction, DNA extraction, PCR, spectrophotometry.
• Performs limited data interpretation and assists with basic statistics and analysis.

Connaissances

Organizational skills

Data analysis

Independent work

Formation

Bachelor's degree in biology or related discipline

Outils

R

PCR

DNA extraction

Spectrophotometry

Description du poste

The Research Technician position at Tufts University’s HNRCA focuses on maintaining Drosophila stocks, performing behavioral and demographic assays, and extracting DNA and metabolites from flies. You will establish an efficient workflow and analyze results with basic statistics, contributing to project discussions with colleagues.

Ideal candidates hold a biology degree with lab experience, strong organization, and the ability to work independently and as part of a team.