| Job Summary: |
Work performed at this level is done independently of supervision.
Requires the highest level of artistic, technical, or scientific expertise.
Provide supervision to student employees at the Student Master 1 Undergrad level.
For Academic and Administrative Assistance settings, the student must:
Perform complex research activities in the scientific field; students engaged in such activity may be responsible for completion of project assigned with no supervision of administrative staff. They may also serve as a group leader in research activities.
For Technical settings, the student must:
Possess advanced computer knowledge and customer support knowledge in advanced client/server programming, relational databases, Novell, C++, TCP/IP, SQL, JAVA, Visual Basic.
Demonstrate evidence of advanced technical and software skills, leadership, skills in mentoring, training, expert management, and business skills.
Maintain professional environment for fellow employees and clients.
Approve supervisory functions, provide expert leadership, and approve schedules.
Ability to work unsupervised.
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| Essential Duties: |
Cell culture research: Serving as a leader in the cell culture project outlined in the NIH grant. Maintaining cell culture, equipment cleaning, and routine contamination checks. Preparation of cell culture media and associated reagents. Carrying out cell culture experiments per the research team's protocol and direction. Maintaining thorough laboratory records of cell culture data.
Animal research: Assisting graduate students with animal care and experiments. Routine care of research animals, recording body weight and food intake, handling laboratory animals for injections, tissue and sample collections and processing. Maintaining thorough laboratory records of animal care and research data.
Providing supervision to student employees at the Student Master 1 Undergrad level or lower, if applicable.
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| Minimum Qualifications: |
The student must be an undergraduate seeking a degree in science, including biology, nutrition, kinesiology, microbiology, chemistry and biochemistry, or a related discipline.
The student must have a schedule that allows for blocked work time (>1 hour blocks).
The student must have experience working with mammalian cell culture.
The student must be eligible for conducting animal research, or have completed animal research training and required approval.
The student must have a schedule that allows for blocked work time (>1 hour blocks).
The student must have experience working with mammalian cell culture.
The student must be eligible for conducting animal research, or have completed animal research training and required approval.
Ability to communicate clearly and comprehend complex protocols and instructions, both verbally and in writing.
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