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Laboratory technician (100%)

We are looking for a full time laboratory technician at the Terrestrial Ecology Lab at the University of Bern. If you have some experience working with soil animals, insects and plants, this might be the job for you.

We specifically seek the following main responsibilities: 1) Maintaining cultures of soil animals (e.g. Collembola) and insects

2) Help setting up and running experiments with plants, soil animals and insects

3) Supervise and run laboratory equipment

4) Develop protocols for the laboratory

5) Learn to identify soil animals using microscopy

6) Assist other group members (e.g. Bachelor and master students, PhDs and Post-docs) in their research involving laboratory and field work Desired qualifications: 1) Master's degree or equivalent degrees in biology related discipline

2) Experience with culturing animals

3) Experience with microscopy

4) Basic knowledge of soil animals or insects or plants (experience with Swiss plants will be a plus)

5) Experience with laboratory molecular work (e.g. DNA sequencing) will be a plus If you think you have most of the above qualifications and ready to take responsibilities to help set up a new group at the University of Bern, please apply by sending a motivation letter with your CV including the details of at least two referees. If you have any further questions about the job, please email: madhav.thakur@iee.unibe.ch Please send your full application (preferably as a single pdf) by June 1, 2020 to the same email address. The preferred starting date is August 2020. The initial contract is for 2 years with an extension possibility of another 2 years. The salary is based on SNSF rules.

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