Jobbeschreibung
The Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology (MPIIB) in Berlin‑Mitte is an institution of the Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science and is one of the leading research institutes in the field of immunology and infectious diseases.
For the "Vector Biology" department we are looking for a
Technical Assistant (m/f/d)
– Full-time/Part-time –
– Initially limited to two years –
- Work in the laboratory's parasite cell culture platform (security level 2)
- Cultivation and propagation of the malaria parasite (Plasmodium falciparum) in a human blood cell culture
- Blood smears and qualified evaluation of the infection stages of the parasite
- Organization, planning, and other general tasks in cell culture
- Work in the laboratory's insect breeding and rearing platform
- Assisted guidance of the mosquito cycle from egg‑laying to adult mosquito: floating eggs, splitting and feeding larvae, feeding mosquitoes on human blood
- General insectary cleaning and order maintenance
- Mosquito dissection and parasite loads analysis (midgut and salivary glands)
- Work in the laboratory's animal experiment platform
- Assistance with animal experiments (anaesthesia, blood sampling, infections, organ collection)
- Organizational tasks (ordering, handling the PyRAT database)
- Annual trainings
- Other tasks and requirements in the laboratory
- Performing FACS measurements
- General laboratory tasks, e.g. in the laboratory kitchen and in laboratory organization
- Strong teamwork
- Certified qualification as a technical assistant (MTA, BTA) or biology laboratory technician; career starters welcome
- Certificate for animal experimentation (FELASA B) desirable
- The nature of the job requires a high level of responsibility and diligence, the ability to work in a structured, precise, and independent manner, and a moderate to high level of physical activity and mobility to handle mosquito cultures and containers
- Motivation to work regularly in an insect collection and to become skilled in Anopheles-related techniques
- Reliability, team-oriented work, and willingness to learn
- The successful candidate must be able to communicate in both written and verbal English
- A diversified and challenging position in an international research team
- Professional training and development opportunities
- Independent and at the same time team-oriented work
- Compensation with all public service benefits under the Collective Agreement for the Public Sector (TVöD Bund) depending on qualification and transfer of tasks in pay group TVöD (Bund) 7
- Supplementary pension provision through the Versorgungsanstalt des Bundes und der Länder (Federal and State Pension Fund)
- Very good public transport connections and subsidized job ticket
- Family-friendly offers