The Ohio State University's Evolution Ecology and Organismal Biology department is looking to solve the problem of integrating phylogenetics, biogeography, ecology, and morphometrics to explain the evolution of fishes by hiring a research technician to assist with tasks to further the Santos lab’s goals.
Requirements
- experience in laboratory bench techniques including clean technique and DNA extractions
- prior exposure to command line language such as R
- prior exposure to bioinformatics tools such as BLAST
- familiarity with online aggregators of museum databases (e.g. VertNet, GBIF)
- familiarity with fish biology
- prior exposure to high performance computing
- prior exposure to biological imaging techniques such as micro-CT scanning
Responsibilities
- assist with tasks to further the Santos lab’s goals of integrating phylogenetics, biogeography, ecology, and morphometrics to explain the evolution of fishes
- routine laboratory techniques such as DNA extractions with clean technique
- maintenance of shared laboratory
- communicating with other museums to arrange loans
- assisting with the Division of Fishes’ digitization goals
- assisting with purchasing for the lab
- testing the quality of data generated by the lab with supervision and guidance from Dr. Santos
Other
- High School diploma or GED
- Minimum 1 year of relevant experience in a laboratory setting
- Bachelor’s degree in a biological sciences field (desired)
- background check required
- drug screen or physical may be required during the post offer process
