Laboratory Assistant in the Ochs Group at BRIC

Biotech Research & Innovation Centre (BRIC)
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
University of Copenhagen, Denmark

A position as Laboratory Assistant is available at Biotech Research & Innovation Centre (BRIC) (https://www.bric.ku.dk) in the group headed by Associate Professor Dr Fena Ochs. The post is available from the 15 February 2025.

The Biotech Research & Innovation Centre (BRIC)
BRIC was established in 2003 by the Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation to form an elite centre in biomedical research. BRIC’s mission is devoted to biomedical research, primarily within cancer and neurological diseases. Our goal is to contribute to a basic understanding of how and why disease occurs, to discover new disease-related genes, potential targets and biomarkers, to provide more efficient treatments for patients. BRIC is embedded into the Faculty of Health & Medical Sciences at the University of Copenhagen. The working language at BRIC is English.

Our group and research
The Ochs group (https://www.bric.ku.dk/research-groups/Research/ochs-group/) aims is to decipher the molecular interplay of DNA repair and 3D chromatin organization, and to understand how dysregulation of 3D chromatin organization leads to genome instability and cancer. We develop and apply cutting-edge super-resolution microscopy technology for single molecule imaging in intact cell and tissue samples, with the ambition that our findings may contribute to the development of new clinical treatment strategies. The research in the Ochs group is generously supported by the Novo Nordisk Foundation and Danish Cancer Society.

Job description
The Ochs Laboratory was established one year ago at BRIC, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at University of Copenhagen. The team consists of 2 Master students, 3 PhD fellows, 1 Postdoc, 1 Lab Manager, and the Group Leader. We are looking for a Laboratory Assistant to join our team to support us in the wet lab.

Start date: 15 February 2025
Duration: Fixed term until 14 September 2025
Weekly working hours: 13 hours per week

The job tasks will be

• Aliquoting, buffer preparation
• Cleaning of tissue culture laboratory 
• Organisation of databases

Essential criteria

• Good knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• Excellent organizational skills and capacity for time management 
• Capacity to work in teams of multidisciplinary professionals 
• Attention to detail
• Excellent written and spoken English and Danish skills 

Place of employment
The place of employment is the Biotech Research and Innovation Centre (BRIC), Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. We offer creative and stimulating working conditions in a dynamic and international research environment. Our research facilities include modern laboratories and access to state-of-the-art equipment.

Terms of salary and employment
The employment as Laboratory Assistant is a part-time and fixed term position from 15 February 2025 to 14 September 2025. The average working hours is 13 hours pr. week. 

Employment as Laboratory Assistant will be in accordance with the agreement between the Danish Ministry of Finance and OAO/HK STAT. The position is placed in salary group 1.

Questions
For further information please contact Associate Professor Fena Ochs at email fena.ochs@bric.ku.dk. 

Application
Please submit your application in English by clicking "Apply now" below. 

The application should consist of the following:

• Letter of application/motivation (max 1 page)
• Your CV incl. education (if any), a list of laboratory skills/techniques (if any), previous employments (if any), language skills and other relevant skills (if any).

Deadline for applications is 5 January 2025 at 23:59 CET.

We reserve the right not to consider material received after the deadline, and not to consider applications that do not live up to the abovementioned requirements.

Interviews are expected to be held in week 2.

University of Copenhagen wish to reflect the diversity of society and welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of age, disability, gender, nationality, race, religion or sexual orientation. Appointment will be based on merit alone.