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Student Animal Maintenance Assistant

Apply now(opens in a new window) Job No: 506631
Division/Organization: School of Medicine & Public Health
Department: Department Of Medicine
Job Type: UW Student Jobs
Remote Eligbility: Not Remote
Location: WISCONSIN INSTITUTE MEDICAL RESEARCH
Salary/Wage Range or Lump Sum: $12.00
Job Categories: Critical Thinking/Problem Solving, Professionalism/Work Ethic, STEM

Department Overview:

The Cellular and Molecular Arrhythmia Research Program is seeking an undergraduate research
assistant to support the program by performing entry-level animal colony maintenance

Anticipated Start Date:

Flexible

Anticipated End Date (If Applicable):

 

Remote Work Eligibility Detail:

Not Remote

 

Anticipated Hours Per Week:

5-10

Schedule:

TBD, flexible but will need minimum of 2-3 hour blocks as needed

Salary/Wage Range/Lump Sum:

$12.00

Number of Positions:

1

Qualifications:

Applicant must be enrolled at the UW.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

A successful assistant will have a strong science and lab background and experience with animal handling and/or genotyping and PCR.

Position Summary/Job Duties:

The lab assistant will perform mouse colony maintenance. Duties will include the separation and identification of new animals, DNA isolation, genotyping, animal transfer coordination and maintenance of excess colony animals. This position plays a key role in supporting our laboratory research, and duties will be performed under the direction of an experienced member of the lab. Many of the duties are time sensitive so organization and time management are key to the success of the position.

Physical Demands:

Working with rodents

Institutional Statements:

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

UW-Madison is an Equal Employment, Equal Access Employer committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce.

Institutional Statement on Diversity:

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background-people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: diversity.wisc.edu

Accommodation Statement:

If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website:https://employeedisabilities.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/

 
 

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