Research support technician in the Department of Life Sciences and Medicine

at  Universit du Luxembourg

The University of Luxembourg aspires to be one of Europe’s most highly regarded universities with a distinctly international and interdisciplinary character. It fosters the cross-fertilisation of research and teaching, is relevant to its country, is known worldwide for its research and teaching in targeted areas, and is establishing itself as an innovative model for contemporary European Higher Education.
The Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine (FSTM) contributes multidisciplinary expertise in the fields of Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, Computer Science, Life Sciences and Medicine. Through its dual mission of teaching and research, the FSTM seeks to generate and disseminate knowledge and train new generations of responsible citizens, in order to better understand, explain and advance society and environment we live in.

CONTEXT:

The laboratories of the Department of Life Sciences and Medicine in Campus Belval are fully equipped to do experimental research in Molecular and Cellular Biology and Biochemistry (focus: Cancer Research). To maintain and develop the general infrastructure of the labs, we are seeking the maternity/parental leave replacement for a research support technician.

• Ensure the maintenance and development of the installation (purchase and maintenance of instruments, troubleshooting)
• Contribute to the management of lab logistics and safety (ensure compliance with safety guidelines, waste management)
• Support the organization of lab refurbishments and moves to other buildings
• Ensure the management of general lab disposables and consumables
• Be in dialog with the lab members to identify and analyze the needs, communicate with other entities of the University (LCSB lab support team, Service Infrastructure)
• Support the development of partnership with our suppliers (contract establishment, price negotiations)