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Hospital del Mar Research Institute

Laboratory Technician in Yeast Genetics & Molecular Biology

Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Villa Espana Colonia, Texas, United States

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Organisation/Company Hospital del Mar Research Institute Research Field Biological sciences » Biology Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Recognised Researcher (R2) Positions Research Support Positions Country Spain Application Deadline 27 Feb 2026 - 17:00 (Europe/Madrid) Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 40 Offer Starting Date 1 Jun 2026 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Horizon 2020 Reference Number 101052538 Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description We are seeking a highly motivated and skilled

Laboratory Technician

to join the research group led by Dr. Mar Albà at Hospital del Mar Research Institute. Our lab has recently identified a large set of previously unannotated, potentially novel genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae using deep RNA-seq and Ribo-seq experiments. The successful candidate will play a central role in experimentally characterizing these genes by generating and validating gene knockout mutants across multiple yeast strains.

Main Tasks

Construct gene deletion mutants (homologous recombination)

Yeast transformations, PCR validation, sequencing

Growth assays under stress conditions

Maintain strain/plasmid collections and lab records

Requirements

Bachelor’s/Master’s in Molecular Biology, Genetics, Biotechnology or similar

Practical experience with Saccharomyces cerevisiae or microbial genetics

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