Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Position number: 37771
Date posted: June 15, 2026
Biological Technician - Tech 2 (AESES)
New Project Full-Time (Grant Funded)
Work schedule:
35 Hours/week (Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm)
Salary:
$20.56 to $29.44 per hour ($37,419.20 to $53,580.80 per annum)
Appointment Dates
July 2, 2026 to July 1, 2027
For more information please contact: Simone Matulis - [email protected] (2047893458)
MINIMUM FORMAL EDUCATION/TRAINING:
- High school completion with job‑related options plus two years = directly-related experience.
OR
- Completion of a Community College course in a related discipline with no experience.
- Some post secondary education is preferred.
EXPERIENCE:
- Experience performing molecular biology tasks including protein extractions, protein quantification, western blot analysis and imaging are required.
- Experience with tissue culture particularly culture of human cells is required.
- Experience with animal handling, breeding, and monitoring is required.
- Experience with PCR and mouse genotyping is required.
- Experience maintaining general lab equipment and performing general day-to-day lab maintenance is required.
- Experience training staff and students in laboratory techniques and protocols is an asset.
- An acceptable equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
- Effective oral and written communication skills are required.
- Organizational skills, thoroughness, accuracy and attention to detail are required.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office software is required (Word, PowerPoint, Excel).
- Working knowledge of statistical analysis software would be an asset (i.e. Excel, R.).
- Ability to learn new laboratory techniques and perform them accurately is required.
- Good manual dexterity and good eyesight is required.
- Ability to resolve and troubleshoot simple technical problems with basic lab equipment is required.
- Must have a philosophy that is compatible with animal-based research.
- Must be well organized and capable of keeping detailed lab notes, records and data management.
- Ability to work independently as well as part of a team is required.
- Ability to train staff and students in laboratory techniques and protocols is required.
- Demonstrated technical skills in either molecular biology or animal husbandry is preferred.
- Satisfactory work record, including satisfactory attendance and punctuality, is required.
Laboratory organization:
- Maintains cell stocks.
- Coordinates with core facilities as needed.
- Perform general lab maintenance, including maintaining stock solutions.
- Arranges lab duties to keep the lab clean and organized, and communicates to the Investigator on completions of lab duties.
Laboratory experiments:
- Performs experiments using mice and cell culture in consultation with the Investigator
- Assists students with experiments using small rodents, maintaining and monitoring experimental animals, and assisting with necropsies to collect tissues.
- Process tissues for embedding in paraffin.
- Section tissues using a microtome; conduct histology or immunohistochemistry as required.
- Uses PCR to analyse DNA for genotyping mice.
- Isolates protein extracts from mouse tissues and human cells for use protein detection by western analysis.
- Conduct immunocytochemistry experiments for protein localization experiments.
- Perform fluorescence and/or confocal microscopy and capture high quality digital images for subsequent analyses.
- Perform statistical analyses to analyze data generated from relevant experiments.
- Standardizes, adapts and performs new experimental techniques as required for both in vitro and in vivo studies.
- Maintain up-to-date and accurate lab book (or online Benchling) of daily experiments and results.
- A satisfactory work record, including satisfactory attendance and punctuality, is required.
The University of Manitoba is committed to the principles of equity, diversity & inclusion and to promoting opportunities in hiring, promotion and tenure (where applicable) for systemically marginalized groups who have been excluded from full participation at the University and the larger community including Indigenous Peoples, women, racialized persons, persons with disabilities and those who identify as 2SLGBTQIA+ (Two Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, questioning, intersex, asexual and other diverse sexual identities).
If you require accommodation supports during the recruitment process, please contact [email protected] or 204-474-7195. Please note this contact information is for accommodation reasons only.
Application materials, including letters of reference, will be handled in accordance with the protection of privacy provisions of "The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act" (Manitoba). Please note that curriculum vitae will be provided to participating members of the search process.
