Lab​/Field Student Assistant--Nankar

Lab/Field Student Assistant-11-Nankar

Position Summary:

Selected applicant will provide assistance in greenhouse research activities including potting, planting, fertilizing, watering, weeding, pollinating, data collection, disease screening, and harvesting plants belonging to different breeding populations. Applicant will assist in keeping greenhouse space neat, orderly and weed free, and provide basic field and laboratory research support such as tissue sample collection, pollinations, basic data collection, disease screening, and setting up field studies including labeling and placing flags, stakes and markers.

Applicant will also assist with basic lab protocols including molecular biology as requested and will be responsible for basic lab maintenance and chores (washing glassware, preparing simple solutions, preparing media, autoclaving supplies, taking trash to dumpster, etc.) to keep laboratory space neat, orderly and clean.

• 30% Tend to plants in greenhouse. Plant, weed, fertilize, water, pollinate, harvest, disease screening, and data collection.
• 30% Collect plant samples, label, flag, stake, data collection, pollinations, making breeding crosses, disease screening.
• 20% Lab protocols – nucleic acid extraction and other vegetable breeding related research.
• 20% Lab maintenance and chores – wash glassware, autoclave supplies, prepare basic solutions and media, take away trash, etc.

• Undergraduate students with majors in plant biology, agriculture, crop, and soil science. Prior lab experience is preferred but not mandatory.
• Basic knowledge about molecular biology and plant breeding would be desirable.

Lift up to 50 lbs. and withstand outside elements for extended periods of time. Driving is required.

The University of Georgia is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, or veteran status or other protected status.