TRIUMF Canada's National Laboratory for Particle and Nuclear Physics STUDENT JOB PROGRAM Fall 2018 job posting Job number TR18-3-17 | ||
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Position Title:Nuclear Medicine Chemistry Research Assistant | ||
Name of Project:Production and application of imaging and therapeutic radionuclides at TRIUMF | ||
Overview:The increasing incidence of cancer worldwide is pushing clinicians and researchers to broaden and improve the available treatment arsenal. The usage of radionuclides for medical imaging and therapy has long research and application history. Efficient and reliable production of medical radionuclides has become a very important task due to the increasing need for novel radiopharmaceuticals. Accelerator production of medical radionuclides along with reactor production are two main routes. Usually after production, medical radionuclides required radiochemical purification for further pre-clinical and clinical application. TRIUMF operates several powerful cyclotrons which are currently utilized for various purposes (including medical isotope production). TRIUMF also operates one of the largest cyclotrons in the world with 500 MeV proton energy; this particle accelerator can enable production of many novel radionuclides for nuclear medicine.Our goal is to create effective therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals based on alpha (e. g. 225Ac/213Bi, 227Th, 223Ra) and auger (119Sb, 125I, 103mRh) emitting radionuclides as well to expand our imaging “toolbox” with additional radionuclides with various half-lives (e.g. 44Sc, 90Nb, 89Zr). | ||
Duties:The successful candidate will assist with production and radiochemical separation of medical radionuclides at various particle accelerator facilities (including TR-13 and main 500 MeV cyclotron). Further, candidate will be involved in chelation experiments to attach produced radionuclides to the biomolecules in collaboration with UBC, chemistry department and other national and international partners. As well, the candidate will also be involved are in vitro and in vivo evaluation of radiolabelled compounds with various collaboration partners (e.g. British Columbia Cancer Agency, U. Wisconsin and others). | ||
Skills learned during this work experience:Hands-on knowledge and experience on targetry and radiochemical processing of irradiated targets. Knowledge on radionuclide pre-conditioning for medical applications, radiolabeling of biomolecules and biological evaluation of radiopharmaceuticals. | ||
Qualifications:This position requires basic knowledge in several subjects, including physics, chemistry and biochemistry. Experience in inorganic chemistry lab work and knowledge in radioactivity handling will be considered assets. | ||
Shiftwork required:No | ||
Period of work:Sep - Dec 2018 with possible 4-month extension | ||
Salary is commensurate with academic progress and previous relevant work experience, and
ranges from $ 2080 to $ 2800 per month plus 4% vacation pay. TRIUMF pays round-trip airfare (this does not apply to Vancouver/Victoria students); for Vancouver Island students, TRIUMF will pay ferry costs.
TRIUMF is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity in the workplace, and we
welcome applications from all qualified undergraduate students as defined below:
Applications must be received at TRIUMF by 4:00pm Pacific time on 2018-05-24. To apply for any of the job postings, you must submit one application for each and every job for which you wish to be considered. Please combine all documents into one PDF for each job. All applications can be attached to one email in PDF format. Please do not send electronic documents in formats other than PDF. Please save the PDF as lastname-job number (eg Smith-15.pdf)
Students within an university co-op program MUST apply for TRIUMF jobs through their university co-op education office.
No phone calls please. TRIUMF wishes to thank all applicants for their interest, and regrets that only those being considered will be contacted.
For more information, visit our web site http://www.triumf.ca |