Hrs per week 40 Help with field, laboratory, and greenhouse research on forage grasses. Includes weeding field plots, helping scientists with plant measurements, mowing grass plots, potting plants in the greenhouse, harvest and cleaning of grass seed, laboratory clean-up. Jerry Musick 575-3376 Hrs per week 20 Work with professor and technician to conduct field studies on black cutworm and hunting billbug. You will assist with field and laboratory sampling and sample processing.
Hours are flexible and can be adjusted to fit the student's schedule.
No special skill required, except a willingness to assist with field research program. Handling and weighing chicks, sampling procedures, preparing solutions, techniques involving nervous system of chickens, dissections, glassware cleaning and maintenance. Good hand-eye coordination and some basic skills in a research laboratory desired. Lab work related to projects on mitochondrial function in chickens and mammals. Students will be involved in hands on experimentation as well as in preparation of samples for analysis, including cleanup.