Teaching Assistant - PHGY 351 - Research Techniques in Physiology - Winter 2027

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Hiring Unit:

Department of Physiology

Course Title:

Research Techniques in Physiology

Course Code:

PHGY 351

Estimated Number of Positions:

4

Total Hours of Work per Term:

20

Position Summary:

• Help run the weekly quizzes and marking.

Lab related Work :

Prepare the experiments and demonstrate critical steps for the labor experiments listed below:

• Tissue culture cells growing and propagation site directed mutagenesis -PCR-,
• Bacterial transformation,
• Minipreps
• Restriction digestion and analysis,
• DNA sequencing analysis
• ​Transient transfection and mounting slides for confocal microscopy
• Help to prepare the flow cytometry datasets needed for the data analysis sessions.
• Share the flow cytometry datasets with the students, ensuring all students managed to download the data ahead of the class.
• Advise students in advance of the class how to download the free trial version of FlowJo software, troubleshooting any technical issues.
• Attend the lab sessions, monitor the chat section of the Zoom meeting to answer questions and troubleshoot problems.
• Grade lab reports

Qualifications:

• B.Sc. in Science
• Registered graduate student at McGill University
• Experience in protein trafficking, cell culture and microscopy
• Effective communication skills in English are essential.
  
  Before applying, please note that to work at McGill University, you must be both authorized to work in Canada and willing to work in the province of Quebec at the campus where the position is based / located.
  
  McGill University is an English-language university where most teaching and research activities are conducted in the English language, thereby requiring English communication both verbally and in writing.

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