Student Employee - Nutrition Research Assistant - Fall

Student Research Assistant

Student research assistant is needed to assist Dr. Penumetcha to establish cell culture and molecular techniques to develop laboratory methods in the area of Nutritional Genomics/Precision Nutrition.

Duties Include:

• Establishing a cell culture,
• Learning and using molecular and genomic techniques such as isolation of RNA and DNA
• qRT-PCR
• DNA sequencing, gel electrophoresis, Western blotting etc.

Education:

• An undergraduate degree in Biology/Chemistry
• Enrolled in a graduate degree at UCM

Experience:

• Biology lab experience as an undergraduate or a research assistant
• Computer skills:
  Word-Processing, Working knowledge of Excel/Sheets
• Science presentation tools, NCBI exploration

Working Hours and Days:

• Depends on experimental flow, but will not exceed 20/hr/week.

Our faculty and staff are the university's most valuable asset, and our goal is to provide a robust Total Rewards Program designed to help them maintain a happy, healthy, and productive lifestyle. Highlights from UCM's total rewards package for full-time employees include:

• 32% (staff) and 6% (faculty) defined retirement contribution, paid 100% by the university;

• Voluntary Tax-Sheltered Annuity (TSA) programs (403(b) and 457(b)) that allow eligible employees to make additional pre-tax contributions to a retirement plan;

• Employees can earn up to 6 credit hours for themselves per academic year.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans that begin on the first of the month following your date of hire. Basic dental and vision insurance paid at 100% by the university;

• Available Health and Dependent Flexible Spending Accounts;

• University-paid basic life insurance (including accidental death and dismemberment) and short-term and long-term disability insurance coverage;

• Generous leave accruals that begin accruing on your start date, plus 14 paid holidays per year.

• The UCM Childcare Center on the Warrensburg campus can provide faculty, staff, and students quality care for their children ages six weeks to 10 years.

• The Student Recreation and Wellness Center (SRWC) is free for all employees and is located on the Warrensburg campus.

• An Employee Assistance Program is available to all employees and their immediate family members to help assist with personal challenges you may face in your daily life;

• UCM offers an Employee Discount Program through Working Advantage.