Laboratory Technician - Mississauga, Canada - University of Toronto

University of Toronto

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Mississauga, Canada

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Description

Date Posted:11/20/2023

Req ID: 35020

Faculty/Division:
UofT Mississauga

Department:

UTM:
Chem/Phys. Sciences

Campus:
University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM)

Position Number:

Description:

About us:

The university's second largest division, U of T Mississauga has 17 academic departments and offers 156 programs in 92 areas of study.

Home to approximately 15,000 students and over 1,000 faculty and staff, the campus houses the Mississauga Academy of Medicine, Centre for Medicinal Chemistry and Institute for Management and Innovation.

With its distinctive interdisciplinary programs such as forensic sciences and biomedical communications, U of T Mississauga offers a broad array of continuing education programs and professional masters programs.

Established in 1967, the campus features award-winning architecture, robust community partnerships and a dynamic student environment set amongst 225 acres along the Credit River in Mississauga.

Your opportunity:

The Centre for Medicinal Chemistry integrates a national network of leading health care institutions and researchers in its focus on developing cancer therapeutics from initial computational design right through to definitive animal trials.

Reporting to the Principal Investigator, Patrick Gunning, the incumbent works as a member of the Gunning group by supporting research that works to develop lead compounds that have the potential to be turned into cancer-fighting drugs.

As a Laboratory Technician, you will be an integral part of the team in constructing proof of concept experiments, such HPLC purification experiments, and providing expertise and training to graduate students and post-doctorates on the operation, maintenance and repair of complex instrumentation, such as Biotage isolera purification systems.

Your responsibilities will include:

Constructing proof of concept experiments to test different elements of the process.
Collecting experimental data, verifying results and passing on findings.
Preparing draft statistical reports and summaries from data collected.
Scheduling the use of lab equipment and resources.
Liaising with service provider to resolve issues with malfunctioning equipment.
Providing detailed explanations and demonstrating procedures to students and/or employees on lab techniques, experimentalprocedures and protocols.
Collaborating with staff and course instructors to determine lab set up requirements.
Ensuring the safe handling of specialized lab equipment and materials while operating within close proximity to others.

Essential Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry or an acceptable combination of equivalent experience.
Minimum two years experience in a chemistry lab environment.
Proficiency with major chemistry, biology and biophysical lab instruments and procedures.
Experience in an academic and fast paced research laboratory is required.
Experience with Chromscope Software is required.
Experience with Biotage brand instrument operation, maintenance, repair and training is required including Isolera Flash Column Chromatography (Isolera Dalton, Isolera Spektra with ACI and Assist, Isolera Prime, Alstra Peptide Synthesizer, V10 Evaporator, Initiator+ Fourth Generation Microwave Synthesizer).
Experience in maintenance, and training of all the following instruments is required: Automated Isothermal Titration Calorimetry, Biacore Surface Plasmon Resonance, Labconco Lyophilizer Freeze Dryer, High Performance Liquid Chromatography(HPLC), Preparative High Performance Liquid Chromatography (Binary and Quaternary pumps), Continuousflow Hydrogenation Reactor (Hcube), Waldner fume hoods, Waldner Solvent dispensing system, Fast Protein Liquid Chromatography (FPLC), Fluorescence platereader, ChemiDoc Imaging System, Cytation 3 Microscope Cell Imaging Multi-Mode Reader, Positive Displacement Pipettes, Automatic electronic pipettes/electronic multidispensing pipettes, Autorep E repeating dispensers, Liquidator 96 Well Manual Pipetting System, Lonza Transfection System (Nucleofector).
Must be able to identify existing and potential lab safety hazards and possess WHMIS and a Biosafety Certificate to work in the level II containment lab.
Ability to work independently as well as in a team.
Ability to assimilate new ideas and methods quickly.
Excellent judgement and discretion.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Commitment to service excellence.
Demonstrated initiative and flexibility, accuracy and precision.
Ability to work effectively under pressure and to meet deadlines.

To be successful in this role you will be:

Achievement oriented
Communicator
Diplomatic
Meticulous
Problem solver
Selfdirected

Please note that there is one (1) position available on a term basis until June 2024
**This role is not currently eligible for a hybrid work arrangement, pursuant to University policies and guidelines, includi