Temporary Researcher
Requisition Number:
63843
Location:
Boulder, Colorado
City
Boulder
State
Colorado
Employment Type:
Research Faculty
Schedule:
Part-Time
Posting Close Date:
02-May-2025
Date Posted:
29-Apr-2025
Job Summary
A summer research position is available in the Kasinath Lab in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Colorado Boulder. The research position involves working with C. elegans and requires expertise in handling C. elegans for high pressure freezing, cryo-CLEM imaging and cryo-electron tomography.
CU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. We are committed to creating a workplace where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity, and we encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.
Who We Are
Since 1986, Biochemistry at the University of Colorado at Boulder has offered a world-class interdisciplinary research environment in a beautiful mountain setting. Faculty include a Nobel Laureate, five members of the National Academy of Sciences, three Howard Hughes Investigators, and many other esteemed scientists who have established themselves as research leaders within biochemistry.
What Your Key Responsibilities Will Be
- Culturing C. elegans, preparing C. elegans for high pressure freezing, cryo-FIB milling, cryo-CLEM imaging, and cryo-electron tomography.
What You Should Know
- Anticipated start date 05/12/2025
What We Can Offer
The hiring rate for this position is $18 per hour for 15 hours per week.
Benefits
Temporary positions at the University of Colorado are not benefits-eligible, however, all positions are eligible for paid sick leave.
Be Statements
Be ambitious. Be pioneering. Be Boulder.
What We Require
- Undergraduate degree in IPHY with 2+ years experience working with C. elegans. Experience in working with C. elegans, experience in collecting cryo-CLEM imaging data on Leica and Stellaris microscopes. Experience in cryo-FIB milling on the Aquilos and experience in collecting tilt-series data on cryo-TEM Krios 300 kV microscope.
What You Will Need
Experience in working with C. elegans, experience in collecting cryo-CLEM imaging data on Leica and Stellaris microscopes. Experience in cryo-FIB milling on the Aquilos and experience in collecting tilt-series data on cryo-TEM Krios 300 kV microscope.
What We Would Like You to Have
- Expertise in C. elegans dissection, gonad isolation, half-gonad isolation. Expertise in brightfield and fluorescence imaging of fixed and unfixed C. elegans worms, and gonads. Expertise in operating the cryo-CLEM microscope. Expertise in operating Baltec and Leica EM Ice high pressure freezing instruments. Expertise in operating independently cryo-FIB milling Aquilos instrument.
Special Instructions
To apply, please submit the following materials:
- Resume or CV.
During the application process you will need to enter contact information for a reference. We will request a letter of recommendation and additional materials, if needed, as the search progresses.
Review of applications will begin immediately and remain open until May 2nd, 2025.
Note: Application materials will not be accepted via email. For consideration, applications must be submitted through CU Boulder Jobs.
Posting Contact Information
Posting Contact Name: Boulder Campus Human Resources
Posting Contact Email: Recruiting@colorado.edu