Research Technician - Microbiology (Part-Time)
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| Verified Pay check_circle | Provided by the employer$25 per hour |
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| Hours | Part-time |
| Location | Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles, California open_in_new |
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Job Description
Job Description
BioPhase Solutions specializes in recruiting top talented professionals for Southern California's Scientific community. We are currently looking for a Research Technician – Microbiology (Part-Time) to work for a Greater Los Angeles area tech company.
Pay Rate: $25/hour
Part-time: 25-30 hours/week with possible increase later
Contract: 6+ months
Summary:
We are seeking a part-time Research Technician to support our client’s routine microbiology and fungal-cultivation activities. The technician will primarily perform high-throughput agar-plate inoculation and culture maintenance while following established aseptic procedures and laboratory safety requirements.
Responsibilities:
- Aseptically inoculate and cultivate up to 200 agar plates per day.
- Perform microbial and fungal culture work inside a biosafety cabinet.
- Prepare, label, organize, incubate, and track agar plates and cultures.
- Monitor cultures for growth, contamination, and other abnormalities.
- Prepare culture media, buffers, and other routine laboratory materials.
- Sterilize glassware, instruments, media, and laboratory supplies using an autoclave and other approved methods.
- Decontaminate work surfaces and properly handle biological waste.
- Wear required PPE and follow applicable biosafety procedures and laboratory SOPs.
- Maintain accurate experimental records, culture inventories, and sample labels.
- Assist with general wet-lab duties, supply organization, and laboratory upkeep as needed.
- Communicate promptly with research staff regarding contamination, equipment issues or deviations from established procedures.
Experience:
- Basic microbiology and wet-laboratory experience.
- Hands-on experience with aseptic technique and microbial culture.
- Familiarity with agar-plate inoculation, media preparation, pipetting, and culture maintenance.
- Comfortable working in a biosafety cabinet and wearing appropriate PPE.
- Ability to follow written SOPs and perform repetitive laboratory procedures accurately and consistently.
- Strong attention to detail, organization, and sample-tracking skills.=
- Previous laboratory experience preferred.
- Experience cultivating fungi is helpful but not required
Please send resumes to felicia@biophaseinc.com and visit our website at www.biophaseinc.com for additional job opportunities!!!
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