Metabolomics Assistant

UNC-Chapel Hill•Chapel Hill, NC

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Sumner-Lab at the UNC Chapel Hill Nutrition Research Institute is seeking a laboratory assistant to conduct metabolomics analysis. The individual will assist the lab manager with biospecimen preparation, data acquisition, data processing, and documentation of all laboratory procedures. They will participate in storage and disposal of reagents, ordering supplies, preparing chemical inventories, and ensuring compliance with the laboratory safety plan and university health safety and environment policies. The individual will use software for processing metabolomics data, conducting hypothesis testing, and multivariate statistics. They may contribute to literature reviews, presentations, and manuscripts.

Requirements

Experience with metabolomics analysis
Experience with biospecimen preparation
Experience with data acquisition
Experience with data processing
Experience with documentation of laboratory procedures
Experience with storage and disposal of reagents
Experience with ordering supplies
Experience with preparing chemical inventories
Experience with ensuring compliance with laboratory safety plans and university health safety and environment policies
Experience using software for processing metabolomics data
Experience conducting hypothesis testing
Experience conducting multivariate statistics
Experience contributing to literature reviews, presentations, and manuscripts

Responsibilities

Biospecimen preparation
Data acquisition
Data processing
Documentation of all laboratory procedures
Storage and disposal of reagents
Ordering supplies
Preparing chemical inventories
Ensuring compliance with the laboratory safety plan and university health safety and environment policies
Processing metabolomics data using software
Conducting hypothesis testing
Conducting multivariate statistics
Contributing to literature reviews, presentations, and manuscripts