03-09-2025

Research Technician (CFGS or equivalent qualification, with 2 years of experience working in a wet laboratory. Degree will be valued).

Ref.:

FIMIM3074-SANTPERE

Institution:

FUNDACIÓ IMIM

Researcher/s responsible for the project:

Gabriel Santpere Baró

Project title:

Targeting Epstein-Barr Virus Infection for Treatment and Prevention of Multiple Sclerosis

Research group / Service:

Neurogenomics research group

Description:

The selected person will join the Neurogenomics research group (Biomedical informatics research program).

Task:

The Neurogenomics lab (HMRI) and the Evolutionary Genomics lab (UPF) are looking for a wet lab technician to join our team. We receive human saliva samples from multiple sclerosis (MS) patients and healthy controls from many hospitals in Europe. Using an automatized method, we extract genomic DNA from these samples and generate DNA libraries for Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) for both the host and the viral genome. Your role will be to process these samples, focusing on DNA extraction and viral load quantification using qPCR as well as NGS library prep.

Formation:

CFGS or equivalent qualification, with 2 years of experience working in a wet lab. Valuable Bachelor’s degree

Experience:

· Experience performing qPCR · Experience manipulating DNA samples. · Highly valued: experience in NGS library preparation and genomic capture techniques.

Knowledge:

Other important requirements that will be highly considered · Excellent organizational skills and time management. · It is also essential to keep a tidy and thorough lab notebook and results/progress records.

Additional information:

We are searching for a very motivated and dependable person that wants to learn core molecular biology techniques to build a strong technical foundation and is interested in neuroscience with an evolutionary perspective.

Contract:

Indefinit d’activitats cientifico-tècniques 12p

Schedule	Retribution	Hire date
full- time	19903.41 € bruts anuals	September 2025