Research Laboratory Technician (Durban) at Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI)

Description
AHRI has a Research Technician position available. The incumbent will be required to be highly motivated; meticulous; hard-working and able to work independently. The incumbent will report to the Laboratory Manager and the Principle investigator. This position is based in our Durban Site.

Overview of duties:

• Assist senior researcher and team with experiments, quality control and data verification
• Undertake general sample processing of HIV positive blood samples
• Participate in the various academic activities – journal club, lab meetings, quality improvement meetings and audits, etc.
• Health and safety checks of laboratory as required
• Freezing and cataloguing of cells
• Preparation of reagents
• Prepared to work after hours and on weekends when required
• General laboratory housekeeping and maintenance of equipment
• Conduct ELISpot, Luminex, ELISA, Flow cytometry, cell culture, P2+ and BSL3 work, process tissue samples (lymph nodes, guts, Lungs etc)
• Assist the lab manager with reagent inventory maintenance.

Requirements

• Minimum Qualifications
• BSc (Honours) degree in science or equivalent
• Computer literacy (Excel, PowerPoint, Graph Pad Prism)

Minimum Experience

• Minimum 1 to 3 years’ experience in biomedical research laboratory
• Familiarity with biomedical research laboratory procedures and safety requirements
• Experience working with human samples
• Experience in general molecular biology techniques including DNA/RNA extraction, PCR, cloning, sequence analysis
• Experience with tissue culture techniques

Advantageous

• MSc Degree in a related field
• HPCSA registered
• Working with human samples

Skills Required

• Good verbal and written communication skills in English;
• Accuracy and precision;
• Must be able to work under pressure;