Posting Description

RESEARCH SUPPORT ASSOCIATE 2, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering-McRose Lab, to join a multidisciplinary group studying microbial physiology, secondary metabolite production, and plant-microbe interactions, focusing on small molecule exchanges among and between plants and microbes using techniques from microbiology, molecular biology and geosciences. Responsibilities will include bacterial culturing and plant cultivation, bacterial genetic transformations and screens, running liquid chromatography mass spectrometry samples, and ordering supplies as well as assisting with general instrument maintenance and lab upkeep. This position will provide opportunities to conduct independent research and co-author papers.