Student Employee - Research Assistant, Nutrition

Student research assistant is needed to assist Dr. Penumetcha to establish cell culture and molecular techniques to develop laboratory methods in the area of Nutritional Genomics/Precision Nutrition. The student will be paid $15/hr with maximum number hours at 20hrs/week.

Duties Include:

• Establishing a cell culture
• Learning and using molecular and genomic techniques such as isolation of RNA and DNA, qRT-PCR, DNA sequencing, gel electrophoresis, Western blotting etc.

Education:

• An undergraduate degree in Biology/Chemistry 
• Enrolled in a graduate degree at UCM

• Biology lab experience as an undergraduate or a research assistant 
• Computer skills: Word-Processing,  Excel/Sheets, Science presentation tools, NCBI exploration

Working Hours:

• Monday - Friday, up to 20hrs/week

Special Instructions:

Full-time staff & 12-month faculty benefits-eligible position: Benefits include competitive salary; health, dental, vision, life insurance, AD & D, long-term disability; 3 weeks paid vacation per year; 3 weeks of accrued sick leave per year; 13 paid holidays; retirement; and generous education assistance for an employee, spouse and dependent children taking classes at UCM.

9-month faculty benefits-eligible position: Benefits include competitive salary; health, dental, vision, life insurance, AD & D, long-term disability; 3 weeks of accrued sick leave per year; 13 paid holidays; retirement; and generous education assistance for an employee, spouse and dependent children taking classes at UCM.

Part-time benefits-eligible positions: Benefits include generous education assistance for the employee.

Temporary, adjunct, student employment, or graduate assistant positions: Benefits are not included.

Completed UCM online application for employment required. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

A review will begin immediately and continue until filled unless indicated otherwise.

NOTE: A background check is required for the selected candidate of all staff, faculty, adjunct, and temporary positions and any job offer is contingent on the results of this check. Student employees and graduate assistants do not require a background check to be conducted prior to employment.

The University of Central Missouri is an Equal Opportunity Employer.