Laboratory Technician-Caron Lab
University of Utah
Laboratory Technician - Caron Lab
University of Utah
About the Role
The Caron Lab in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Utah is hiring a full-time Laboratory Technician. The lab studies how ecological pressures shape the evolution of neuronal circuits using Drosophila species as model systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage daily lab operations: ordering supplies, maintaining inventory, equipment upkeep, and safety compliance.
- Maintain fly stocks and set up genetic crosses.
- Perform dissections, immunostaining, and confocal imaging of fly brains.
- Run behavioral experiments, including olfactory and learning assays.
- Keep accurate records and help train students.
- Perform laboratory tests, experiments, and analyses.
- Prepare and weigh samples for testing and analysis.
- Conduct tests, assays, and other protocols under the direction of a laboratory services manager, physician, nurse, or scientist.
- Follow Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Good Laboratory Practices (GLPs).
- Ensure all laboratory equipment and work areas are clean, sterile, and in proper working order.
- May be responsible for calibration of instruments.
- Completes assignments with little supervision.
- May assist less-experienced team members.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Drosophila experience.
- Immunohistochemistry.
- Behavioral assays.
- Confocal imaging.
- Olfactory assays.
- Learning assays.
- Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
- Good Laboratory Practices (GLPs).
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in biology, neuroscience, or a related field.
- Organized, reliable, and able to work independently and in a team.
- Good communication skills.
Minimum Qualifications: 1 year of higher education can be substituted for 1 year of directly related work experience (Example: bachelor's degree = 4 years of directly related work experience).
Department may hire employee at one of the following job levels:
- Laboratory Technician, I: Requires little to no related experience.
- Laboratory Technician, II: Requires at least 1 year of related experience.
- Laboratory Technician, III: Requires 3+ years of related experience.