[APES Jobs] Temporary Molecular Lab Assistant position

[Bursaries, Employment and Career Opportunities in Environmental Fields]

The School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences wishes to appoint a temporary laboratory technician to assist in the Molecular Systematics Laboratory.  This would be Grade 9 and a 50% appointment and for one month (June).  The successful applicant must be proficient at doing DNA extractions and PCR amplifications and purification of the products. This will include troubleshooting to optimise the results or even get results. It also involves making the gels to visualise the results and photographing them using the GelDoc Imaging system.  It might also involve cutting bands out of gels (if multiple bands occur and all efforts to avoid these are fruitless) and then purifying these products.

Ability to undertake AFLP digestions and amplifications, and visualise of AFLP results will be an advantage.

To apply, please send a CV and a letter of motivation addressing your proficiency with respect to these tasks, with the names and email addresses of two referees to Kevin.Balkwill at wits.ac.za<mailto:Kevin.Balkwill at wits.ac.za> by 17:00 on Wednesday 22 May 2013.




Prof Kevin Balkwill                                                                        Reverend Kevin Balkwill
Head of School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences     Assistant Priest (self-supporting)
University of the Witwatersrand                                                   St Augustine's Anglican Church
Private Bag 3                                                                                 Brixton
WITS
2050 South Africa
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E-mail: Kevin.Balkwill at wits.ac.za<mailto:Kevin.Balkwill at wits.ac.za>
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