Research Technician_Patricija

8am-5pm M-F

BS in Biology or relevant field .

The new student undergraduate research hire will work in Dr. van Oosten-Hawle's lab under the current NIH R01 grant. The student researcher is expected to maintain the lab's C. elegans frozen database, maintain C. elegans growth, restock C. elegans growth media ( NGM agar plates, buffers) and perform autoclaving tasks on a weekly basis. In addition the student researcher will learn research skills related to a project on gut-induced stress signaling using C. elegans. The undergraduate researcher will be expected to complete research objectives through the spring semester related to the focal goals of the funded project and participate in weekly lab meetings, as well as 1:1 meetings.

Aspiring graduate students are welcome to apply.

* Temporary staff employees are ineligible to receive benefits (leave, health coverage, State service credit, etc.). They are, however, covered by Worker's Compensation provisions.

However, any non-permanent employee hired to work 30 or more hours per week for three months or more (cumulative of all positions, and not designated as variable hour worker), must be offered the chance to enroll in the High Deductible Health Plan, within 30 days of their eligibility. Any non-permanent employee hired to work less than 30 hours per week (cumulative of all positions or designated as variable hour worker - i.e. student workers) are measured during designated measurement periods. If they average 30 or more hours per week over a designated measurement period, they will be offered the chance to enroll in the High Deductible Health Plan and will be notified of instructions.

*Special Notes Regarding Eligibility for the High Deductible Health Plan