Research Technician

Research Technician

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The Voorhees Lab at Caltech is seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Research Technician to support lab projects and operations. This is a term position.

• Assist with general laboratory organization and set-up.
• Generate and maintain common laboratory reagents.
• Clone and test various protein expression constructs.
• Purification and analysis of single proteins and protein complexes.
• Functional experiments in mammalian cells and in vitro translation systems.
• Assist with electron microscopy grid preparation and data collection.
• A highly motivated and qualified candidate may develop independent projects.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's degree in science with an educational emphasis in chemistry or biology required by date of hire.
• Must have good practical experience in all basic molecular biology techniques, especially the techniques related to the essential job duties.
• Must have hands-on wet lab experience.
• Must have protein expression experience.
• Must understand basic workflow and operations of laboratory research processes.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Excellent organization and communication skills are required.

• A background in molecular biology or structural biology.
• Experience with mammalian tissue culture.

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