Lab Technician Position: Molecular Methods and Culturing in Microbial Ecology and Evolution.

The Oliverio Lab (https://oliveriolab.org/) in the Department of Biology at Syracuse University is seeking a motivated, organized, detail-oriented research technician to work on the molecular-level activities of environmental microbes and perform experiments with synthetic microbial communities. Applicants with either a Bachelor's or Master's are welcome to apply.

The technician will be responsible for:

1. Working with graduate and undergraduate students to maintain a lab space.

2. Purchasing supplies and maintaining chemical and lab safety standards for the lab.

3. Training students in molecular methods.

4. Growing microbial cultures.

5. Setting up ecological experiments with microbial cultures.

6. Performing DNA/RNA extractions from cultures and environmental samples.

7. Running established bioinformatics pipelines associated with sequencing data.

8. Developing figures, writing drafts of abstracts and manuscripts.

Applications will be accepted until position is filled. Application review and outreach will begin by the end of March. All SU employees receive comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, and retirement plans: https://hr.syr.edu/benefits.