CareerPlan

Technical Assistant (BTA)

Bonn, NORDRHEIN_WESTFALENFull-time2026-01-14 → 2026-11-10

Core

Maintenance, breeding, and care of zebrafish lines modeling monogenic immune disorders, including microinjection and CRISPR/Cas9-based generation of mutant lines.

Role type

Technical Assistant (BTA) in zebrafish model organism research

Builds

Zebrafish models for studying inborn errors of immunity and immune dysregulation

Domain

Immunology / Model organism research (Zebrafish)

Required skills

Zebrafish maintenance and breeding, Microinjection, CRISPR/Cas9 techniques, Genotyping, Phenotyping, Laboratory safety compliance

Preferred skills

Molecular biology, Imaging techniques, FELASA certification

Technologies

CRISPR/Cas9, Zebrafish models

Responsibilities

Maintenance and breeding of zebrafish lines, Microinjection and generation of mutant zebrafish, Genotyping and phenotyping of zebrafish models, Support experiments in disease modeling including imaging, Laboratory organization and maintenance of records, Collaboration with PhD students and postdocs

Seniority

Junior, hands-on IC