Job Description
Summary
The Ming Zhou Lab is seeking a Student Helper to assist the lab part-time under close supervision of PI or Senior Associate. The lab's research is in structure determination and functional characterization of membrane-embedded enzymes and transport proteins that are involved in lipid metabolism and validated drug targets for treatment of metabolic diseases and cancers.
Job Duties
- Helps with general lab maintenance and routine procedures:
- Buffer and media presentations.
- Protein expression.
- Purification.
- Provides office administrative support.
- Provides research administrative or technical support.
Minimum Qualifications
- High School or College Student (undergraduate or graduate).
- No experience required
Preferred Qualifications
- Prior experience in PCR-based mutagenesis:
- Eukaryotic protein expression in the insect cell expression system.
- Membrane protein purification.
- Knowledge in structure determination of membrane proteins by cryo-electron microscopy.
Baylor College of Medicine requires employees to be fully vaccinated -subject to approved exemptions-against vaccine-preventable diseases including, but not limited to, COVID-19 and influenza.
Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.
11605
CA
Baylor College of Medicine fosters diversity among its students, trainees, faculty and staff as a prerequisite to accomplishing our institutional mission, and setting standards for excellence in training healthcare providers and biomedical scientists, promoting scientific innovation, and providing patient-centered care. - Diversity, respect, and inclusiveness create an environment that is conducive to academic excellence, and strengthens our institution by increasing talent, encouraging creativity, and ensuring a broader perspective. - Diversity helps position Baylor to reduce disparities in health and healthcare access and to better address the needs of the community we serve. - Baylor is committed to recruiting and retaining outstanding students, trainees, faculty and staff from diverse backgrounds by providing a welcoming, supportive learning environment for all members of the Baylor community.
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