As Lab Technician in an evolutionary biology/herpetology research lab, provide technical support for molecular systematics and comparative population genetics/genomics research. Specific responsibilities include DNA isolation, PCR, library construction, sample preparation, editing sequence data, using genomic database and searching tools, running phylogenetic and population genetic software, and data interpretation. General responsibilities include maintaining and purchasing laboratory supplies, assisting with grant proposal and manuscript preparation, and assisting with student training. Leer más.
More than 120,000 turtle hatchlings were released into the wild in Bolivia. Leer más.
Two graduate student (M.S.) positions are available, including two years of stipend and tuition remission, in the Department of Biology at San Francisco State University. These students will be co-advised by Andy Zink and Vance Vredenburg and work directly on a project investigating the relationships between communal nesting in Batrachoseps salamanders and the spread of fungal pathogens. Students will be expected to combine laboratory work (sampling museum specimens, quantitative PCR) with field work on salamander behavior and ecology throughout California. Interested students should email their CV, unofficial transcripts, and GRE scores to Andy Zink at with SALAMANDER POSITION (M.S.) in the subject line of the email.
Andrew G. Zink.
Assistant Professor of Biology
San Francisco State University
http://online.sfsu.edu/zink/
http://biology.sfsu.edu/people/andrew-zink
Una investigación realizada por científicos de la Universidad Nacional de Córdoba demostró malformaciones en anfibios de lagunas de Ucacha y Bengolea. “Una de las causas puede ser el uso de agroquímicos”, señaló uno de los especialistas. Leer más.
he Stowers Institute for Medical Research has an immediate opening for a full-time Laboratory Technician in the Reptile Facility to perform animal care and husbandry on a variety of species of lizards and snakes. Leer más.
