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Laboratory Assistant
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Job ID 7091
Job Funding Source Work-Study
Employer Biological Chemistry
Category Technical
Job Description

Our laboratory is seeking a student who is interested in part-time work in the Fall 2026 and Winter 2027 semesters. This job will entail basic work associated with a biochemistry laboratory such as pouring agar plates, preparing media, pouring electrophoresis gels, and preparing stock solutions of reagents and buffers. After the student becomes acclimated to these duties, they may begin doing research in the laboratory, depending on their interests. Students with  work study funding are eligible for this position.

Educational Value

Student employees will gain work experience in a laboratory setting. In addition, students will become acquainted with how academic research in the biological fields is conducted through participation in some of the basic functions of the laboratory. This job can serve as a stepping stone to a research position in which the student will be engaged in one of the research projects in the laboratory.

Job Requirements

Students majoring in biochemistry, biology, biophysics, chemistry, or physics are preferred for this position, although students majoring in other fields will be considered. Applicants should have completed a basic chemistry laboratory course and a biology laboratory course; course experience in biochemistry, molecular biology, biophysics, and/or organic chemistry is a plus.

Hourly Rate $15.00/hour to $17.00/hour
Hours 5.0 to 10.0 hours per week
Time Frame Fall/Winter
Start Date ASAP
End Date Friday, May 7, 2027
Primary Contact Raymond Trievel
Primary Contact's Email rtrievel@umich.edu
Supervisor Raymond Trievel
Work Location 4315 Medical Science Research Building 3 1150 West Medical Center Drive Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0600
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