Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania
Location
United States, United States
Type
Full time
Description
Job Responsibilities
Specimen Processing: Perform techniques for sample processing (plating bacterial cultures, pipetting, vortexing, aliquot, and centrifugation) of human and environmental samples for identification of bacterial colonies; specimens can include anatomic samples (e.g., stool, urine, skin, respiratory) as well as environmental samples.
Bacterial Storage & Library: use LabVantage lab inventory system to maintain organization of isolates and DNA collections. Preparing cell lysate cultures and organizing them for submission for whole genome sequencing.
General laboratory duties including: recording results and methods in a daily lab notebook, data collection forms, REDCap database, and an Excel spreadsheet; reagent preparation, ordering supplies, basic lab cleaning, quality control, and maintenance.
Bacterial Culturing Methods: Maintenance of bacteria, preparing culture liquid and solid culture media,...