Laboratory Assistant

University of North Texas at Dallas, United States

Updated: about 1 month ago
Location: Fort Worth, TEXAS
Job Type: PartTime
Deadline: ;

Position Details
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Posting Title Laboratory Assistant
Department HSC-Pharmacology & Neuroscience-302700
Job Location Fort Worth
Full Time/Part Time Part-Time
Pay Rate
Salary Information Commensurate with experience
Department Summary
The University of North Texas Health Science Center (HSC), located in the charming Cultural District of Fort Worth, Texas, is nationally recognized for its medical school, graduate student education, and health professions, pharmacy and public health programs. The HSC Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience (P&N) is internationally recognized for its commitment to impactful biomedical research, robust education of future health care providers, outstanding graduate training, and selfless community outreach. The P&N Department is the faculty home to several research institutes that organize and support focused, basic and translational multidisciplinary research efforts in, for example, aging and neurodegenerative diseases (Center for Healthy Aging) and visual sciences (North Texas Eye Research Institute).
The Department currently consists of 35 faculty, who advise and train many graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and other research staff in (1) the neurobiology of aging, neurodegenerative diseases, traumatic brain injury, and stroke; (2) diseases of the eye; and (3) drug discovery, drug development, and behavioral pharmacology. P&N is also the home of the National Institutes of Health T32 program “Training In the Neurobiology of Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease” (T32 AG020494). P&N also maintains cutting-edge facilities for mass spectrometry, advanced confocal microscopy, high-throughput electrophysiology, and in vivo preclinical neurocognitive psychomotor and sensorineural testing.
Position Summary
This hourly position entails feeding, weighing, and testing rodents on a series of behavioral tests, feeding. It also entails running biochemical and molecular assays on tissue collected.

Additional Posting Details


Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree; 2-3 years of experience
Preferred Qualifications
The preferred candidate will possess the following additional qualifications: A BS in quantitative life sciences such as such as chemistry, biology, neuroscience, or similar area. Experience working with rodents and measuring their behaviors. Laboratory work experience in a non-clinical setting (this does not include laboratory coursework for a degree program). Prior behavioral laboratory work experience and knowledge of laboratory machinery.
Position Summary: This hourly position entails feeding, weighing, and testing rodents on a series of behavioral tests, feeding. It also entails running biochemical and molecular assays on tissue collected.
Required License / Registration / Certification
Work Schedule
Part Time work hours
Driving University Vehicle No
Security Sensitive This is a security sensitive position.
EEO Statement
The University of North Texas System and its component institutions are committed to equal opportunity and comply with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University of North Texas System and its component institutions do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or veteran status in its application and admission processes, educational programs and activities, and employment practices.
Physical Requirements Ability to communicate, Carrying, Cleaning, Lifting up to 10 pounds, Pulling , Pushing, Reaching, Sitting, Squatting, Stooping, Bending

Posting Detail Information


Posting Number H1234P
Position End Date (if temporary) 07/31/2024
Special Instructions to Applicants
Quicklink for Posting https://jobs.untsystem.edu/postings/80916

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