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Job Title:SP - Research Assistant

Department:10620-Ctr Vascular Biology

Location:Farmington

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Search #:2024-1136

Closing Date:05/20/2024

Recruiter:Rucker, Pamela S.

At UConn Health, the Center for Vascular Biology seeks to hire a grant funded, Special Payroll Research Assistant

to aid in projects studying cardiovascular disease, including models of heart attack, stroke and dementia.

Work will include assisting the lab with tagging and genotyping genetically modified mice.

This will be a perfect project environment for a recent college graduate interested in a gap year to develop background and research expertise for future biological or biomedical sciences careers in science or medicine and will provide opportunities for growth and contributions to publication.

Examples of Duties:

Assisting the lab with tagging and genotyping genetically modified mice.

Applying ear tags, extracting DNA and performing PCR and agarose gels as well as note booking results in Excel

(estimated 2 days per week)

Assistance in other lab functions , including isolation of cells from tissues, cell culture, staining for flow cytometry and molecular biology such as qPCR, western blot, immunostaining and plasmid digestion, cloning and propagation in bacteria.

Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree with course work in Chemistry or Biology

Experience with a background in Biology or Chemistry

Hourly Rate: $18.00

Schedule: 40 hours per week, Mon - Fri, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm with a 30 minute unpaid meal break

Why UConn Health

UConn Health is a vibrant, integrated academic medical center that is entering an era of unprecedented growth in all three areas of its mission: academics, research, and clinical care. A commitment to human health and well-being has been of utmost importance to UConn Health since the founding of the University of Connecticut schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine in 1961. Based on a strong foundation of groundbreaking research, first-rate education, and quality clinical care, we have expanded our medical missions over the decades. In just over 50 years, UConn Health has evolved to encompass more research endeavors, to provide more ways to access our superior care, and to innovate both practical medicine and our methods of educating the practitioners of tomorrow.

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