Duties and Responsibilities

• Developing Standard Operating Procedures SOPs for molecular equipment.
• Facilitate the procurement of molecular equipment and installations.
• Training other personnel equipment operation.
• Ensures that computerised systems are in place or are functional.
•  Providing general research support in the areas of evolutionary genomics and genetics, including training of research staff and students in common molecular biology methods.
• Providing support to research staff and students in the general housekeeping of reagents, archiving samples, maintaining freezers.
• Analysing bioinformatics using Geneious, QIIME and BioEdit.
• Any other duties that may be assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications and Experience

• Master’s Degree in Molecular Biology.
• Specific Knowledge of principles of high throughout sequencing and optical mapping, including the isolation and handling of ultra-high molecular weight DNA.
• Experience of handling tissue and he isolation and QC of nucleic acids.
• Computer literacy and working knowledge of bioinformatics and statistics software such as STATA, SPSS, Geneious, QIIME.
• Ability to perform tasks with care is thorough and checks work for accuracy and completeness.
• Strong attention to detail for repetitive tasks.