Research Assistant

Howard University•Washington, DC

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

This Summer position is in the College of Medicine's Department of Microbiology at Howard University. It is ideal for an undergraduate student and includes basic laboratory administrative tasks, laboratory housekeeping and maintenance to set up a new lab and project-specific laboratory tasks related to experimental data analysis (Microsoft Excel-based) and handling with formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue blocks for immunohistochemistry. The approximate dates of the position run from June to August, 2026. Up to three weeks of the position can be performed remotely, related to data analysis task. Howard University is a comprehensive, research-oriented, historically Black private university providing an educational experience of exceptional quality to students of high academic potential with particular emphasis upon the provision of educational opportunities to promising Black students. Further, the University is dedicated to attracting and sustaining a cadre of faculty who are, through their teaching and research, committed to the development of distinguished and compassionate graduates and to the quest for solutions to human and social problems in the United States and throughout the world.

Requirements

Undergraduate student status

Responsibilities

Basic laboratory administrative tasks
Laboratory housekeeping and maintenance to set up a new lab
Project-specific laboratory tasks related to experimental data analysis (Microsoft Excel-based)
Handling with formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue blocks for immunohistochemistry