College Student - Neuro-Oncology - Research
Listed on 2026-03-15
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Research/Development
Research Scientist
Overview
A college student position is available in the department of Neuor-Oncology under the mentorship of Dr. Vinay Puduvalli. The college student will focus on conducting experiments (such as cell culture, plasmid preparation, etc.) to help other lab members with different projects. All duties and responsibilities are carried out in compliance with institutional policies, ethical research standards, and applicable federal and state regulations.
Learningobjectives
1) Thawing, passing, and freezing GSC cells;
2) checking cell viability with trypan blue;
3) diluting the cells to seed them for experiments at appropriate density.
1) seed appropriate cell number onto 96-well plate;
2) prepare drugs at required concentration;
3) treat cells with drugs and incubate for the indicated time period;
4) lyse the cells with Titer-Glo to perform Titer Glo Assay;
5) analyze the data and plot graph for data presentation.
1) culture HEK 293T cells;
2) transfect HEK
293T cells with plasmids (i.e., pCMV-VSVG, pCMV-dR8.2dvpr, and pLenti
Crispr-V2mO) using jetPRIME® transfection reagent (Polyplus);
3) collect supernatant and concentrate the lentivirus;
4) transduce GSCs and select target cells with selection markers.
Undergraduate student
Position informationOffsite work arrangements are subject to approval and may be modified or revoked at any time based on business needs, performance considerations, or regulatory requirements.
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