Laboratory Assistant/Laboratory Technician Position

The Sound and Behavior Group, Department of Biology at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense, Odense is hiring a permanent full-time position (37 hours/week) laboratory assistant with start date January 1^st, 2026, or on a later date as agreed upon.

Our laboratory works with research within neurobiology, physiology and behavior related to sound communication in animals. We work, among other things on song learning in songbirds, hearing in frogs and bats and the effects of anthropogenic noise in marine mammals. Our research uses a number of methods within physiology, neurobiology, and acoustics ranging from molecular biology to animal behavior. We are a research group of approximately 30 people divided between academics, laboratory assistants and students at the SDU campus in Odense and the Marine Biological Research Center in Kerteminde.

Responsibilities

• Daily operation and maintenance of molecular biology laboratory.
• Research support for academic staff and students
• Support with experimental setups and data management

Qualifications

• We are looking for a flexible laboratory technician, with good organizational and collaboration skills, who also works well independently.
• The applicant must have knowledge of English at a general conversational level, as the person concerned must, among other things, be able to help international partners and students in an international working environment.
• Experience in basic molecular biology techniques, especially gene expression analysis, RNA-extraction, Western blotting, cell culture, recombinant protein expression and purification
• Experience working with animals is advantageous, but not necessary
• Driving license for a car
• No allergies to animals.

Application deadline: November 11, 2025 11:59:59 PM.

Interviews will take place on November 18, 2025.

Further information about the position can be obtained by contacting Professor Coen Elemans, coen@biology.sdu.dk.