Undergraduate Research Assistant

University of Texas at Austin • Austin, TX

1d • $15 - $20 • Onsite

About The Position

Assist with routine lab maintenance and preparation of standard reagents to ensure a clean, organized, and efficient research environment.

Requirements

• Current UT Austin undergraduate student
• Able to work up to ~10 hours/week with time daily
• Reliable, organized, and able to follow lab safety and written instructions
• Comfortable doing routine tasks (washing, autoclaving, preparing common solutions) and working in a shared lab space

Nice To Haves

• Major/minor in Biology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, or a related field
• Prior wet-lab experience (course lab or research lab) is a plus, but not required
• Familiarity with basic lab techniques (pipetting, making buffers, preparing agar plates, SDS-PAGE gels) is a plus

Responsibilities

• Autoclave glassware and pipette tips
• Load dishwasher
• Refill bottles by sink (ethanol, bleach, isopropanol, water, soap)
• Refill paper towel containers
• Prepare SDS PAGE gels
• Prepare LB Agar plates
• Prepare buffers (TGS & TAE)
• Prepare antibiotics (Carbenicillin, Ampicillin, Chloramphenicol, Kanamycin)
• Prepare -20 degree aliquots (BSA, IPTG, DTT)
• Assist researchers with tasks/experiments
• Help organize the lab
• Keep benches/scale room tidy

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed