Lab Technician (Term)

Date Posted : 10 / 04 / 2024

Req ID : 39990

Faculty / Division : Faculty of Arts & Science

Department : Acceleration Consortium

Campus :  St. George (Downtown Toronto)

Position Number : 00056928

Description : About us :

The Faculty of Arts & Science is the heart of Canada’s leading university and one of the most comprehensive and diverse academic divisions in the world. The strength of Arts & Science derives from our combined teaching and research excellence in the humanities, sciences and social sciences across 29 departments, seven colleges and 46 interdisciplinary centres, institutes and programs.

We can only realize our mission with the dedication and excellence of engaged staff and faculty. The diversity of opportunities and perspectives within the Faculty reflect the local and global landscape and the need for curiosity, innovative thinking and collaboration. At Arts & Science, we take pride in our legacy of innovation and discovery that has changed the way we think about the world.

The Acceleration Consortium (AC) at the University of Toronto (U of T) is leading a transformative shift in scientific discovery that will accelerate technology development and commercialization. The AC is a global community of academia, industry, and government that leverages the power of artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, materials sciences, and high-throughput chemistry to create self-driving laboratories (SDLs), also called materials acceleration platforms (MAPs). These autonomous labs rapidly design materials and molecules needed for a sustainable, healthy, and resilient future, with applications ranging from renewable energy and consumer electronics to drugs. AC Staff Scientists will advance the infield of AI-driven autonomous discovery and develop the materials and molecules required to address society’s largest challenges, such as climate change, water pollution, and future pandemics.

TheAcceleration Consortium received a $200M Canadian First Research Excellence Grant for seven years to develop self-driving labs for chemistry and materials, the largest ever grant to a Canadian University.

Your opportunity :

Reporting to the Executive Director, Acceleration Consortium and working under the guidance of (Senior) Research Associates, this Lab Technician position will play a pivotal role in supporting research projects focused on diverse organoid / organ-on-chip technologies and will collaborate closely with our interdisciplinary team of scientists and engineers. We are seeking a highly motivated and skilled Technical Staff member to join our Human Organ Mimicry Self Driving Lab’s team. The ideal candidate will have a background in mammalian cell culture, either at the undergraduate or master's level, with expertise in human pluripotent stem cell culture and differentiation, and patient-derived cancer organoids. The ideal candidate should have experiences of microscopy imaging, immunochemistry staining, assay development documentation and other lab management experiences.

This is a term position that will end approximately on July 2026, with the possibility of renewal.

Your responsibilities will include :

• Performing lab experiments that requires great precision and attention to many details
• Providing detailed explanations and demonstrating procedures to students and / or employees on lab techniques, experimental procedures and protocols
• Contributing to research findings that are published in academic journals
• Applying established standards when preparing routine samples for research projects and / or experiments
• Preparing, assembling and setting-up material, equipment and supplies used in teaching and / or research labs
• Coordinating routine maintenance of lab equipment
• Providing safety training and ensuring compliance to lab safety procedures and standards
• Serving as a technical resource on laboratory protocols, and experimental procedures and equipment

Essential Qualifications :

Assets (Nonessential) :

To be successful in this role you will be :

Closing Date : 01 / 13 / 2025, 11 : 59PM ET

Employee Group : USW

Appointment Type : Grant - Term

Schedule :

Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone :

USW Pay Band 11 $75,223. with an annual step progression to a maximum of $96,196. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation / Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol.

Job Category : Engineering / Technical

Lived Experience Statement

Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.