Research Technician[Biological Sciences Platform] Full-time Job

Duties:

• In charge of media production and general lab organization.
• Help with daily tasks to ensure smooth operations.
• The production requires some light to medium lifting.
• Organization requires inventory of lab reagents and label lab supplies appropriately.
• Cleaning and maintenance of media production equipment, sanitization, and other lab duties.
• Review and archive equipment usage, verification, and monitoring records.
• Conduct sampling, testing, and evaluation of material for microbial quality.
• Perform cell culture and bacterial streaking on the samples under microbial testing.
• Perform other lab support assignments as applicable.
• Follow biosafety & biosecurity requirements and standard operating procedures as applicable.

Skills and Qualifications: 

• B.Sc. degree or college diploma in biology or equivalent discipline.
• Assets include:
  • Experience within a laboratory setting.
  • Micropipette usage (single/multi/repeater)
  • Demonstrated basic understanding of protein biochemistry, cell biology, molecular biology.
  • Technical competency in one or more of the following:
    • Mammalian Cell Culture and Aseptic technique
    • pH, Appearance, Osmolality, Spectrophotometry, and others.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and adapt to changing priorities.
• Ability to lift, up to 10 kg on a regular basis.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills and computer literacy (Microsoft 365, teams).

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (SHSC), commonly known as Sunnybrook Hospital or simply Sunnybrook, is an academic health science centre located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.It is the largest trauma centre in Canada and one of two trauma centres in Toronto, the other being St. Michael's Hospital. Sunnybrook is a teaching hospital fully affiliated with the University of Toronto. The hospital is home to Canada's largest veterans centre, in the Kilgour Wing and the George Hees, which cares for World War II and Korean War veterans.