Neural Cell Tissue Culture Lab Support
The EPA National Student Services Contract has an immediate opening for a full-time contractor position, Neural Cell Tissue Culture Lab Support with the Office of Research and Development at the EPA facility in Research Triangle Park, NC.
Salary: $23.84 per hour.
Travel: Overnight travel is permitted if required, but it is expected that overnight travel will only occur infrequently, if at all.
Required Skills:
- Demonstrated education and/or experience in mammalian, especially neural cell tissue culture, aseptic technique, measuring cell viability, data compilation and analysis;
- Demonstrated ability to follow explicit instructions without deviation;
- Demonstrated thoroughness in accomplishing a task through concern for all the areas involved, no matter how small. For example, they monitor and check work or information for completeness and accuracy;
- Demonstrated ability to plan and organize time and resources efficiently;
- Strong written, oral, and electronic communication skills;
- Experience with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; and
- Experience using basic laboratory equipment (e.g. pH meter, electronic balances, etc) and carrying out routine laboratory tasks.
Desired Knowledge, Skills, Work Experience, and Education
- Experience in using Python, R or other scripting languages.
Qualifications
- Be at least 18 years of age and
- Have earned at least a Bachelor’s degree in the field of biology, chemistry, microbiology, physiology, neuroscience or a related field from an accredited university or college within the last 24 months and
- Be a citizen of the United States of America or a Legal Permanent Resident.
EPA ORD employees, their spouses, and children are not eligible to participate in this program.
What the EPA project is about
The Center for Computational Toxicology and Exposure (CCTE) provides the science needed to understand the complex interrelationship between exposure to compounds and their effects on health in support of assessments and policy to protect human health and ecological integrity. In particular, CCTE focuses on the application of higher throughput, computational and predictive New Alternative Methods (NAMs) Within CCTE, the Biomolecular Toxicology Division (BCTD) focuses on the development of rapid methods for assessing toxicity, including in vitro methods that allow for assessment of large numbers of compounds to provide a biological basis for decision-making that will assure chemical safety and sustainability.
As part of their mission, BCTD supports EPA’s mission to protect human health and the environment by developing and applying innovations in hazard characterization. Specifically, BCTD has developed a battery of in vitro NAMs that are aimed at providing a more rapid, economical, and biologically based approach to characterization of developmental neurotoxicity (DNT) hazard. BCTD has and continues to collaborate with other organizations interested in developing and using these approaches, including the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the National Toxicology Program (NTP) at the US National Institutes for Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). Currently, BCTD is collaborating with NTP under an interagency agreement to test a library of not more than 100 compounds in the US EPA DNT-NAMs battery.
This is an excellent opportunity for a recent bachelor’s graduate to collaborate with EPA’s research team. Research experience includes:
- Maintenance of cell culture incubators and associated equipment) ;
- Maintain equipment and assist in ordering laboratory supplies;
- Conducting assays for cell viability; and
- Networking and exploring many career paths at EPA.
Interested in this research opportunity? If so, follow the link below to apply. Questions? Email EPANSSC@ORAU.org