• Job Type: Support Staff - Union
• Bargaining Unit: SSA
• Regular/Temporary: Regular
• End Date if Temporary:
• Hours Per Week: 35
• Standard Work Schedule:
• Building: Hammer Health Science Center
• Salary Range: $43,669.67 - $43,669.67

Position Summary

The Department of Microbiology and Immunology is looking to hire a Technician A to work in the laboratory of Dr. Chi-Min Ho. The candidate will be technical support staff for the Principal Investigator and other lab investigators, as needed.

Responsibilities

Under the supervision of the Principal Investigator, the technician will provide assistance with projects involving single-particle cryoEM structure determination of native membrane protein complexes purified directly from malaria parasites and cryoET of the host-pathogen interface in parasite-infected red blood cells. Duties will include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Installing, testing, and using various software packages for cryoEM and cryoET image processing written in Python and MATLAB.
• Single-particle cryoEM and in situ cryoET data processing.
• Malaria parasite tissue culture maintenance and large-scale growths for structural studies.
• Single-particle cryoEM and in situ cryoET sample preparation.
• Preparing figures and text for presentations and publications.
• Proper documentation of all experiments and data processing activities.
• Perform other related duties and responsibilities as assigned/requested.

Minimum Qualifications

• Two years of college or a completed A.A. program with an emphasis in chemistry, biology or physics or a completed animal husbandry program. One year of related experience or equivalent in education, training, and/or experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong previous experience with Python, MATLAB, and/or C++ is preferred.
• Previous experience in negative stain TEM, cryoEM, cryoET, or cryoFIB-SEM is a plus.
• Previous experience with protein biochemistry, structural biology, molecular biology, and/or tissue culture is a plus.

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