Current Opportunities
05/15/12
Summer Research Position
A position is available for an undergraduate to work as a research assistant in aquatic ecology, this position can be for credit or volunteer. The student will assist with research projects focusing on biodiversity in the streams of the Catalina Mountains. This position will provide valuable laboratory and field experience. There will be opportunities to help with field research in the Catalina Mountains and at Biosphere 2.
The successful applicant should have excellent attention to detail, and must be energetic and possess good teamwork skills. Backcountry or prior field experience a plus.
This position is for 10-20+ hours per week. Credit is a possibility.
Contact Galen Holt, gholt@email.arizona.edu. Provide resume with educational background and experience, unofficial transcripts, and three references with phone numbers.
04/16/12
Undergraduate Research Assistant Positions
Up to three summer research assistant positions are available for undergraduate students for a study on the role of water and small mammals on plant invasions effects. Students will gain valuable laboratory and field research experience. Field sites are located in the foothills surrounding Tucson.
Students must be able to work in hot field conditions, hike on steep terrain without trails, and be available for early morning and late evening field work. Successful applicants must be energetic, show initiative, and possess good teamwork skills. Attention to detail, good computer skills, and a car or the ability to drive UA vehicles (good driving record) are a plus.
The position is for 10-30 hours per week. Academic credit may be possible, and this position can be extended into the fall semester.
Contact Pacifica Sommers, psommers@email.arizona.edu. Provide resume with educational background, unofficial transcripts, employment experience and three references with phone numbers.
03/20/12
Undergraduate Research Opportunity in Plant Ecology
The Venable lab has paid positions available for students interested in gaining research experience in a plant ecology lab. Employment starts immediately and continues through the summer and beyond.
Duties include both lab and field components working with winter annual plants at the Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc Hill. Applicants should have a valid driver’s license and be able to: work fifteen to twenty hours per week, work over summer, winter and spring breaks, and work in the field for 3-4 hours at a time. The successful candidate will pay excellent attention to detail and work well in a team.
Please contact Ursula Basinger, basinger@email.arizona.edu, with any questions. Interested individuals may fill out the attached application and email it Ursula or drop it off at the lab, BSW 501.
02/08/12
Open Lab Position in Dr. Todd Vanderah’s Lab!
The Vanderah Lab is currently looking for an undergraduate assistant to work with a graduate student on a project that involves animal handling and surgery, primary and immortalized cell culture methods and some molecular techniques. The research area is cancer and cancer-induced bone pain.
The position is available for pay ($8/hour). This position extends Spring semester 2012 into summer, however the student is welcome to stay with the lab longer if they are compatible with the research. Hours are at least 10 per week with a maximum of 30, and it is preferable if the student is always available on Fridays (surgery day).
Students must have some experience with animal work (mouse and rat are relevant), but will receive one-on-one training for animal handling, injections, surgical techniques, etc. Also appreciated but not required is experience with cell culture, western blotting, and PCR. Organizational skills are a must. Any interest or familiarity with cancer metastasis, bone-pain and bone remodeling, pain pharmacotherapies, or cannabinoid receptor 2 would be a bonus!
Interested students should forward either a brief statement of interest or a resume to Ashley Symons at asymons@email.arizona.edu by February 20, 2012.
01/10/12
Undergraduate Research Assistant in Ocean Phage Biology
The Tucson Marine Phage Lab (http://www.eebweb.arizona.edu/faculty/mbsulli/) offers an enthusiastic and highly motivated undergraduate researcher the opportunity to develop technical skills in a cutting edge research lab. Specifically, the undergraduate would work to help create a library of bacteriophages’ stocks and DNA. The successful candidate would take part in this research starting immediately, and, if committed and doing research of high-quality, will result in authorship on a peer-reviewed publication. In addition, the successful candidate would gain exposure to a diversity of laboratory activities through attending lab meetings including: comparative viral and population microbial (meta)genomic analyses, experimental determination of genome-wide virus and host transcriptional patterns during infection, development of a single-cell genomics approach to evaluate the percentage of phage-infected cells in environmental samples, collection and analysis of metagenomics/metatranscriptomics data from field sites including the Biosphere 2 ocean, and other established oceanographic transects in the Pacific and other oceans.
Applicants must have solid, but basic laboratory skills and 10 hours per week to commit to the research.
To apply, please send a CV including a brief statement of your laboratory experience to Ann Gregory (anngregory@email.arizona.edu). Review of applications will start immediately, with the position starting at the beginning of Spring 2012 semester.
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