Project Technician Research Group Novarino

The Novarino group studies the function of epilepsy, intellectual disability, and autism-causing genes at the system, cellular, and molecular levels with the goal of providing a framework for the development of effective pharmacological therapies and the background for the understanding of new pathological genetic variants.

• Handling, recovering, and culture of mouse embryos 

• Performing zygote microinjection (e.g. cytoplasmic and pronuclear injection) 

• Performing blastocyst injection 

• Responsible for embryo transfer applications • In utero electroporation 

• Brain injections in embryos and neo-born animals 

• Applying cloning techniques

Your profile

• University degree in Life Science/Molecular Biology or related field 

• Proven experience in zygote microinjection techniques (e.g. cytoplasmic and pronuclear injection) as well as experience in PCR and (mouse) cloning 

• Excellent command of English (working language) 

• Proactive personality and solution-oriented approach 

• Strong organizational and problem solving skills; high degree of reliability 

• Ability to work independently, learn quickly and multi-task 

• Excellent communication (oral and written) and attention to detail