Role overview
- PhD candidate or recent PhD graduate in the Biological sciences (eg. cell biology, molecular biology, pharmacology, bioengineering, biochemistry)
- Proficient experience with mammalian cell culture techniques
- Hands-on experience with cell based functional assays, qPCR, Western blots and/or ELISAs
- Experience with adapting and troubleshooting novel protocols from literature precedent
What you'll work on
In vitro cell culture and cell line maintenance, expansion and differentiation (eg. primary and immortalized adipose cells)- Implementing cell-based protocols to model metabolic disease pathways
- Evaluation of RNAi interventions, cellular perturbations or biological pathways in cell models utilizing RNA extraction, qPCR, functional assays and/or Western blotting
- Potential for cellular engineering or manipulations using CRISPR, and expansion to iPSC derived cell lines
- Entry and maintenance of experimental records in electronic lab notebook, and presentation of data at group meetings
Tags & focus areas
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