Description
UCLA HEALTH
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Description
Under
supervision of the Principal Investigator and Laboratory Manger, the Student
Lab Assistant provides support to help with basic laboratory maintenance and
provide supervised technical support to members of the research team.
Laboratory duties will include assisting the Laboratory Manager with the
maintenance of laboratory stocks, evaluating inventories of supplies and
consumables, waste disposal, and autoclaving glassware and instruments. They
will also be trained to engage in supervised expansion and isolation of
plasmids, molecular cloning, and maintenance of mouse and human cancer cell
lines.
Salary Range:
$17.90 – $26.00 Hourly
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