Job Information
University of Kansas Assistant Researcher in Lawrence, Kansas
28964BR
Job Title:
Assistant Researcher
Department:
KS Biological Survey
Primary Campus:
University of Kansas Lawrence Campus
Job Description:
75% - Extraction and Characterizing AMF spores and roots and support in maintaining the International Vesicular Arbuscular Culture Collection (INVAM)
25% - Management of undergraduate crew ensuring adherence to set schedule of tasks to complete experimental goals. Includes support of field work, plant identification, organizing resources for tasks, and training undergrad crew on standard protocols.
Req ID (Ex: 10567BR) :
28964BR
Disclaimer:
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Work Schedule:
40 hours/week
FLSA Status:
Nonexempt
Contact Information to Applicants:
Dr. Terra Lubin - tkachina@ku.edu
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in molecular biology, genetics, biology, botany, ecology, agronomy, range science or related field.
6 months of academic or industrial laboratory experience in biology, botany, ecology, agronomy, range science or related field.
Trained in identification of AMF colonized roots and extraction and collection of AMF spores, as evidenced in application materials.
Employee Class:
U-Unclassified Professional Staff
Advertised Salary Range:
35,776
FTE:
1.0
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience in the use of Microsoft Office Word and Excel, as evidenced in application materials.
Experience with bioinformatics, as demonstrated by work history.
Good written communication skills as demonstrated by application materials.
Position Overview:
The Bever Schultz Lab at the Kansas Biological Survey seeks to hire a lab Research Assistant to support research our lab with a focus in the ecology and evolution of plant-microbiome interactions. The Research Assistant will be responsible for working with our international arbuscular mycorrhizal culture (INVAM) collection, assist in establishing greenhouse experiments and being a highly trained member of our field crew where the crew members are weeding and identifying plants in an experiment testing the impacts of plant and soil microbiome changes along gradients of precipitation and land-use and pathogen and AM fungal influence on plant productivity. The Research Assistant will also help manage laboratory measures of plant microbe interactions.
The laboratory assistant must also be skilled at extracting, staining and characterizing arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) root colonization, skilled at extracting and collecting AMF spores and mounting them on slides as vouchers.
This position works on-site but telework may be considered per mutual agreement between the department and selected candidate.
Reg/Temp:
Regular
Application Review Begins:
07-Oct-2024
Anticipated Start Date:
28-Oct-2024
Additional Candidate Instruction:
In addition to the online application, the following documents are required to be considered for this position:
Cover letter describing how you meet the required and preferred qualifications.
Resume
List of three (3) professional references
Only complete applications will be considered.
Application review begins Monday, October 7th and will continue until a qualified pool of applicants are identified.
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Job Family:
Research-KUL
Work Location Assignment:
Hybrid
Position Requirements:
This position works on-site but telework may be considered per mutual agreement between the department and selected candidate.