Kansascity

Job Type:Student (Fixed Term)Job Description:The Graduate Research Assistant will be recruited, trained, and assigned for various research lab projects.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Obtain training in biosafety, conflict of interest, research integrity, cell cultures, endothelial functional and reporter plasmid assays, immunoblotting and real-time PCR
• Conduct specific assays and techniques
• Perform other duties as assigned or directed to meet the goals and objectives of the lab and organization
• Participate in the Annual Research Symposium poster competition

Qualifications:

• Academically successful COM or COB students
• Proficient in analytical thinking
• Minimum availability of 35hrs/week during the summer break (June-July 2024)
• Minimum of 1-year research experience. If the candidate meets all other requirements and some preferred requirements, this requirement might be waived
• Experience with research lab equipment
• Good verbal and written communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Transcriptomic analysis or Statistical background
• Experienced with Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Experience in mammalian cell culture
• Experience in immunoblotting and/or polymerase chain reaction assays

Equal Opportunity Employer

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