Laboratory Technician

Institution : DBMR

Start of employment : as of now or by agreement

Duration : 1 year

The Department for Biomedical Research DBMR is a research department of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Bern with the mission to provide the researchers of the Inselspital (Bern University Hospital) with the best possible environment and infrastructures. Our aim is to bridge laboratory-based and biomedical patient-oriented clinical research.

Laboratory Description

The Precision Oncology lab approach to cancer research has grown in parallel with the rapid expansion of bioinformatics and sequencing technology over the past ten years. The lab led by Mark Rubin is focused on finding new vulnerabilities in androgen receptor (AR) resistance prostate cancer and developing therapies to combat the most aggressive forms of prostate cancer by studying patient-derived samples, in vivo and in vitro models, and functional screens. Combining multiple data sets from genomic, epigenetic, transcriptomic, and proteomic analyses, we hope to elucidate the mechanisms of prostate cancer progression and therapy resistance, including lineage plastic resistance.

Position Activities

• Support for cell and organoid culture
• Collaborate on experimental projects performing biochemical assays like DNA / RNA / protein isolation, PCR and qPCR, western blotting etc.
• Support for mouse experiments
• Maintenance of laboratory equipment and shared resources

Requirements

We offer