50 Faculty of Life Sciences
Startdate: 01.09.2024 | Working hours: 20 | Collective bargaining agreement: §54 VwGr. IIIa
Limited until: 28.02.2025
Reference no.: 2740

If you love to work in a lab, then welcome to the team! Our work group consists of personalities who want to make a change. Our work is based on respectful communication, professionalism and high aspirations of having a positive impact on society.

Your personal sphere of influence:

If you enjoy working in a technical field and want to support our Division operations in research, you are welcome to join the Pharmaceutical Biotechnology group at the Division of Pharmacognosy, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences. The position is limited to September 1, 2024 - February 28, 2025.

Your future tasks:

As a technical assistant with knowledge in microbiology, molecular cloning and genetic engineering you will take on specific technical tasks related to drug discovery from bacteria. Specifically, your tasks will comprise:

• Taxonomic identification of bacteria from the Division's collection of environmental isolates.
• Development and technical implementation of cultivation techniques for such bacteria.
• Preparation of culture extracts and testing them for antimicrobial activities.
• Genetic manipulation of bacteria aimed at revealing their secondary metabolite biosynthesis potential.

This is part of your personality:

• You have commercial, technical and organisational knowledge or proof of the relevant professional requirements, e.g. school-leaving certificate/technical diploma.
• You have experience with cultivation of Streptomyces bacteria and Escherichia coli.
• You have experience in preparation of culture extracs and performing antimicrobial assays.
• You have experience with molecular cloning and introduction of recombinant DNA into Streptomyces bacteria.
• You have MS Office as well as solid general IT knowledge.
• Good comand of English is a prerequisite.

Your special working style: You like to work independently and in a structured manner, are service-oriented and eager to find solutions. The ability to work in a team, flexibility and interest in further training are expected.

What we offer:

Work-life balance: You have flexible working hours (by arrangement).

Inspiring working atmosphere: You are part of an international and dynamic Pharmaceutical Biotechnology research group within the Division of Pharmacognosy, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (https://pharmakognosie.univie.ac.at/).

Good public transport connections: Your workplace in the center of beautiful Vienna is easily accessible by public transport.

Internal further training: We offer you the opportunity to expand your skills on an ongoing basis. As a University employee, you can chosse from an extensive range of free courses.

Fair salary: We offer a fair salary of EUR 1.299,60 per month (before taxes) for 20h/week engagement.

Equal opportunities for everyone: We look forward to diverse personalities in the team!

It’s that easy to apply:

• Please submit your CV, short letter of motivation, certificates of your qualifications and eventually any employment references via our job portal.

If you have any content questions, please contact:

Sergey Zotchev

sergey.zotchev@univie.ac.at

We look forward to new personalities in our team! 
The University of Vienna has an anti-discriminatory employment policy and attaches great importance to equal opportunities, the advancement of women and diversity. We lay special emphasis on increasing the number of women in senior and in academic positions among the academic and general university staff and therefore expressly encourage qualified women to apply. Given equal qualifications, preference will be given to female candidates.

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Application deadline: 08/11/2024

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