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General Information

Work Location: Los Angeles, USA
Onsite or Remote
Fully On-Site
Work Schedule
TBD, 13 hours per week
Posted Date
11/07/2024
Salary Range: $17.3 - 25 Hourly
Employment Type
5 - Student: Casual/Restricted
Duration
3 months
Job #
20594

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Under supervision of the Principal Investigator and Laboratory Manger, the Student Laboratory Assistant provides support to help with basic laboratory maintenance and provide supervised technical support to members of the research team. Laboratory duties include but are not limited to, assisting the Laboratory Manager with the maintenance of laboratory stocks, evaluating inventories of supplies and consumables, waste disposal, and cleaning of lab space. They will be trained to engage in supervised expansion and isolation of plasmids, molecular cloning, and maintenance of mouse and human cancer cell lines.

Salary Range: $17.30 – 25.00 Hourly

Job Qualifications

Required:
  • Registered as a UC Student
  • Basic Knowledge of Molecular Biology
  • Very well organized and highly dependable
  • Highly motivated to learn new skills and techniques
  • Ability to lift/push/pull up to approximately 50 lbs.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills to effectively interact with campus departments and the public

Preferred:
  • Basic laboratory skills including organization, preparing common lab reagents, pipetting and working with human primary cancer cells


As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.