"Student Assistant"

Position Summary

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Student Assistant for the department of Neurology at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

The mission of the lab is to follow a network-based approach to understand the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases (mainly Parkinson's disease and secondarily Alzheimer's disease), with the ultimate aim being to utilize this strategy to develop combination treatments. This strategy distinguishes our lab from a decades-long tradition in the field of zeroing in on specific genes and focusing on the development of monotherapies for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. Simultaneously, the lab aspires to remain at the cutting edge in terms of cellular and molecular biology techniques and to advance the neurodegeneration field by developing innovative tools and technologies that we will share with the research community. To achieve those goals, we are currently using mammalian cell lines (including stable cell lines) and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSc) as model systems, as well as human brain tissue. In the future, and as our research program advances, we will expand our toolkit to also include mouse work and computational analyses of large -omics datasets. Some of the techniques we use include standard cell and molecular biology techniques, flow cytometry, microscopy (standard imaging and FRET, FLIM, FRAP), high throughput genetic and chemical screens, single cell and spatial transcriptomics, proteomics, lipidomics, genomics, optogenetics and histology.

Under the direction of the Principal Investigator, the incumbent will help manage the lab, including organizing consumables, liaising with vendors and administration, organizing the lab's schedule and keeping track of hours worked by lab members to generate timesheets. Additionally, suitably qualified applicants will help maintain the lab's sea lamprey colony and create artwork to accompany the lab's submissions to scientific journals.

Among the key duties of this position are the following:

• Manage the lab's budget.
• Organize the lab's consumables and monitor stock levels.
• Notify the Principal Investigator when a consumable is running low.
• Help maintain the lab's sea lamprey colony.
• Optionally, generate artwork for consideration as cover art for the lab's accepted publications in scientific journals.
• Content creation for the lab's social media channels and website, conforming to appropriate professionalism standards.
• Undertake any other duties necessary pertaining to lab management.
• Contribute to data analysis for scientific publications.
• Work conductively with other members of the lab and collaborators from within Rutgers and elsewhere.
• Communicate with vendors of research reagents and core facility personnel.

Minimum Education and Experience

Current Rutgers undergraduate students.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

Physical Demands: The incumbent needs to be physically capable of performing the above duties. H/She should communicate his/her research plans and findings verbally and in writing in proper English to the team and to the scientific community in presentations and publications

Work Environment: Lab environment. Moderate noise.

Salary

$15.92/hour