Job Summary
This undergraduate research position will be part of an R15 AREA grant from the National Institutes of Health NIH . Student researchers will plan execute and interpret data relating to experiments using C. elegans to study the functions of genes that play roles in cell division. Responsibilities will include maintaining C. elegans and bacterial strains and lab inventories or reagents and organisms. The student researchers will work closely and collaboratively with Dr. Wynne and all other lab members to meet the experimental aims of the project. This undergraduate research position will be part of an R15 AREA grant from the National Institutes of Health NIH . Student researchers will plan execute and interpret data relating to experiments using C. elegans to study the functions of genes that play roles in cell division. Responsibilities will include maintaining C. elegans and bacterial strains and lab inventories or reagents and organisms. The student researchers will work closely and collaboratively with Dr. Wynne and all other lab members to meet the experimental aims of the project.
Minimum Qualifications
Satisfactory evaluations in any previous position as a departmental assistant in the Department of Biology. Satisfactory progress toward a degree. Preference will be given to Biology majors and minors and qualified students who have Federal Work Study Awards and/or students with prior experience as a laboratory worker.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience using C. Elegans cultures to perform experiments. Experience maintaining molecular biology laboratory equipment and supplies. Experience using sterile technique. Knowledge of methods of CRISPR gene editing.