VACANCY NOTICE
Ref. no. HR/DTS/03-11
POST TITLE: Research Scientist/Scientific Manager High Throughput Screening (HTS) Facility
LEVEL: As per contract
DURATION: One year with the possibility of renewal
DATE REQUIRED: November 1, 2011
Under the overall supervision of the Director, Trieste Component, the incumbent will be responsible for:
- providing the ICGEB research community with a platform of up-to-date instrumentation and adequate expertise to apply high-throughput screening approaches, in particular genome-wide RNA interference screening (siRNA and miRNA), to fundamental biomedical research. In particular:
- evaluating, maintaining and acquiring instrumentation for the HTS facility, which includes a high-content screening microscope, a liquid handling station, a multimode plate reader and associated IT infrastructure;
- evaluating and acquiring libraries to be used in the screening projects, including a human genome-wide siRNA library;
- handling all library stocks (resuspension, reformatting, aliquoting, preparation of assay plates, storage);
- designing and optimizing screening assays;
- implementing standard procedures and protocols to be followed by researchers working at the facility;
- assisting researchers in the design, optimization and implementation of screening assays;
- training and assisting researchers to use the instrumentation and perform screening experiments;
- advanced analysis of screening data (single readouts and high-content microscopy data);
- management and supervision of all the activities performed in the screening facility.
QUALIFICATIONS: - Ph.D. Degree in molecular biology, cell biology or equivalent.
- Postdoctoral experience in molecular or cell biology.
- Familiarity with HTS equipment.
- Previous experience in managing HTS services desirable
LANGUAGES:
English essential, other languages, in particular Italian, an asset.
APPLICATIONS DIRECTLY TO:
Suzanne Kerbavcic
Office of the Director, ICGEB Trieste Component
Email: kerbav@icgeb.org
FOR DETAILS, PLEASE REFER http://www.icgeb.org/tl_files/Vacancies/VacancyHTS.pdf
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