Student Research Assistant - Medicine - Hematology/Oncology

Tulane University
  • New Orleans, LA
  • Autofill and Review
30+ days ago

Job Description

JobID: 1590

Category: Student Assistantship

JobSchedule:

Posted Date: 2026-09-10T15:30:27+00:00

JobShift:

Type of Student Employment: Any student may apply

JResearch Assistant

Department of Medicine, Hem/Onc Division

The Research Assistant will support the Department of Medicine/Tulane Cancer Center in various breast cancer research tasks. This position deals directly with pre-clinical cancer research models, including cell culture, and general cell and molecular biology techniques.

Responsibilities:

  • Laboratory equipment maintenance (autoclaving, solution preparation, cleaning)
  • Mammalian cell culture
  • Setup and perform in vitro live cell imaging experiments to measure the growth, viability, and migratory capacity of cancer cells in response to various chemical inhibitors or to genetic modifications of cell models.
  • Perform qPCR, western blots, and immunostaining of tissue sections
  • Assisting with recordkeeping for animal experiments

Qualifications:

  • Active enrollment as a student at Tulane University
  • Prior completion of general biology and general chemistry courses, with preference for students who have also completed cell & molecular biology, molecular biology and/or genetics courses.
  • Availability to conduct research at the downtown Tulane campus for at least one semester.

About Us:

This position will help student employees demonstrate and cultivate the career readiness to prepare for graduate or medical education training.

Numbers & Facts

LocationNew Orleans, LA

Skills

  • Autoclaveunmatched
  • Biologyunmatched
  • Breast Cancerunmatched
  • Cancerunmatched
  • Cell Biologyunmatched
  • Cell Culturesunmatched
  • Chemistryunmatched
  • Clinical Researchunmatched
  • Equipment Maintenance/Repairunmatched
  • Geneticsunmatched
  • Hematologyunmatched
  • Laboratory Equipmentunmatched
  • Medicineunmatched
  • Molecular Biologyunmatched
  • Oncologyunmatched
  • Pre-Clinicalunmatched
  • Real-time PCR (qPCR)unmatched
  • Research Skillsunmatched

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