Analysis Skills, Data Analysis, Detail Oriented, Electroencephalography (EEG), Genotyping, Human Resources, Laboratory Operations, Operational Support, Operations, Order Supplies, Proposal Development, Staff Requirements, Training/Teaching
The Kroeger Lab is seeking a detail-oriented individual to support daily laboratory operations, assisting in planning, maintaining or completing research programs and/or projects.
Temporary Employment Services (TES), a unit of the Auburn University Department of Human Resources, is an in-house support center established to meet the temporary employment needs of the university. TES provides qualified and dedicated temporary employees in a wide variety of occupations to meet the staffing needs throughout the campus. Temporary employees are hired for a variety of reasons with the most common being:
- Assistance in the place of a regular employee who is absent for a specified period of time
- Additional assistance during periods of abnormal or peak workloads
- Assistance with special projects
- Seasonal work
- Emergencies
If you are looking for an employment opportunity, TES is a great way to showcase your professional skills and assist Auburn University while gaining valuable work experience within higher education.
AU students are not eligible for TES.
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities will include:
- Performs mouse colony management
- Performs mouse genotyping on various transgenic strains
- Harvests mouse brain tissue and perform histological processing and analysis
- Record and analyze data from behavioral experiments with mice, such as analyzing sleep/wake states based on EEG data
- Assists with running behavioral experiments with mice, such as the Morris Water maze or Object Recognition test
- Maintains lab routines and ordering supplies
- Prepares data and graphs for presentation
- Assists in the development of research proposals, plans and protocols
- Conducts routine or fundamental experiments, investigations and/or studies related to programs and projects in pursuit of new knowledge, techniques and concepts
- May instruct students and/or supervise others’ research in area of expertise
Qualifications:
Basic familiarity in laboratory functions.
Pay Range:
USD $16.00 - USD $20.00 /Hr.
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