The James Franck Institute (JFI) is seeking a research technician to support bacterial growth experiments using a high-throughput culturing platform, involving media preparation, data acquisition, analysis, and reporting.
Requirements
- Data curation, and software utilization for high throughput robotics.
- Experience performing assays necessary for the project.
Responsibilities
- Performing growth experiments with bacteria in a high-throughput culturing platform.
- Making media using high-throughput robotics.
- Acquiring data, logging data, analyzing data and communicating with the PI, student, and a collaborator in the Netherlands.
- Conducting experiments for bacteria cultures from frozen stocks and performing precultures.
- Performing high-throughput growth measurements using the liconic incubator system integrated with the BMG plate reader, including all software and troubleshooting.
- Composing a library of media with different amino acid concentrations, and compositions on a base minimal medium.
- Analyze fitting growth rates and carrying capacities.
Other
- The applicant is expected to be self-motivated under the guidance of the PI.
- Report results of all experiments carefully in a reliable manner.
- Work with the group to design experiments, including reading primary literature.
- Attend weekly meetings with PI and student, prompt communication.
- Present results in group meeting.
