Student Assistant 3 (Preselected) - Division of Rheumatology

Job Title: Student Assistant 3

Reports To: Kaitlyn Kirk, Division Manager of the Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Clinical Immunology

Department Summary:
Seeking a Student Assistant to support the UC Davis Van de Water Lab, which works to understand the maternal cellular immune response and the humoral immune response during pregnancy and how dysregulation in these systems relates to neurobehavioral disorders such as autism and schizophrenia. This Student Assistant role will give students the opportunity to work in an interactive research environment and have opportunities for trainees to become independent investigators.

Position Summary: 
The position will entail basic lab funcitons such as making buffers.  In addition, the assistant will run ELISA assays and perform tissue staining for an animal model of maternal autoantibody related autism.

Key Responsibilities:
1.           The student assistant will be able to pipette accurately
2.           Weigh chemicals accurately
3.           Use a pH meter to determine buffer pH
4.           Run ELISA assay accurately using prepared ELISA kit
5.           Report results to lab supervisors

Minimum Qualifications: Basic lab skills, mathematical abilities to calculate formulas for buffer preparation and dilutions.

As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct, are currently being investigated for misconduct, left a position during an investigation for alleged misconduct, or have filed an appeal with a previous employer.

“Misconduct” means any violation of the policies or laws governing conduct at the applicant’s previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies or laws prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment, or discrimination, as defined by the employer.

• UC Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Policy
• UC Anti-Discrimination Policy for Employees, Students and Third Parties
• APM - 035: Affirmative Action and Nondiscrimination in Employment

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