Cancer Center Cores (Student Wage) Federal Work Study Position

University of Virginia•Charlottesville, VA

13d•Onsite

About The Position

The University of Virginia Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Federal Work Study Program have openings to the UVA Cancer Center Undergraduate Scholars Program. If selected into the program, the student will work in one of the School of Medicine’s Shared Resource cores under the mentorship of the director. In addition to working in the core, they will be expected to attend 3 lectures on cancer research and 2 cancer research seminars each semester. Successful completion of the program at the end of the school year may allow those students the opportunity to work full time in the core over the summer. We seek work-study eligible students to work in the following Core units: Advanced Microscopy Facility, Biorepository and Tissue Research Facility, Biomolecular Analysis Facility, Flow Cytometry Core Facility, Genome Analysis and Technology Core, Molecular Imaging Core, Molecular Immunologic & Translational Sciences Core.

Requirements

Current UVA student
Federal Work Study eligibility required
No prior experience required

Nice To Haves

Students who are interested in practical and theoretical flow cytometry technology and cell sorting.

Responsibilities

Lab safety training
Basic lab techniques (i.e. pipetting, measuring and solution preparation)
Shadowing researchers and lab techs
Scientific writing
Data entry
Experimental setup and clean up
Attending lab seminars and meetings
Basic animal handling
Analysis for experiments involving cancer, reproduction, vaccines, and fundamental biological science
Performing steps such as sample processing, chemical modification, and loading the mass spectrometers
Carefully following of standard procedures and documentation
Gaining a broad understanding of research projects, analytical lab work, mass spectrometry, and research interaction with PIs and graduate students