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You will be embedded fully in the Plant Ecophysiology group, and will have two core tasks: managing the Utrecht University Plant Growth facility (phytotron), and organizing some of the lab procedures in the Plant Ecophysiology lab. We are looking for a technician with very strong communication and organisation skills and an open mind to flexible solutions. Ideally, you have proven affinity with both physiological-molecular lab work with plants and technical equipment. You will coordinate between scientists at the lab bench, supervisors and external parties. In addition to creating set-ups and maintaining equipment, you will manage certain workflows in the lab. We distinguish the following tasks:
We are looking for an enthusiastic Lab Manager:
We offer a variegated function in a dynamic university environment. It starts with an appointment for 1 year and upon good evaluation a permanent contract is possible within the Department of Biology. Salary ranges between €2,161 and €3,292 (scale 7/8 Collective Labour Agreement Dutch Universities) gross per month for a full-time employment.
Salaries are supplemented with a holiday bonus of 8 % and a year-end bonus of 8.3 % per year. We offer a pension scheme, collective insurance schemes and flexible employment conditions (multiple choice model). More information is available at: working at Utrecht University.
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The Plant Ecophysiology group is a dynamic, ambitious team of international researchers. We study how plants respond to environmental stresses, such as flooding and shading, at the physiological and molecular level. We approach our research questions through a very wide palette of techniques and are therefore looking for a technician with a very broad interest in analytical equipment and experiments. The group currently has 4 permanent scientific staff members, 3 technicians and 15 temporary scientific staff.
The Plant Growth facility supports the plant science-oriented research groups, mostly within the Institute of Environmental Biology.
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