The School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University is seeking a Sample Preparator (Research Technician) for the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) Biorepository. NEON is expected to run for 30 years. For each project year, the NEON Biorepository at ASU will receive, process, store, and make available for research an average of 100,000 samples from more than 80 sites across the United States. We will facilitate this by creating a data portal to support discovery and tracking of sample occurrences and sample data linkages, sample transactions, and research use.
The NEON Sample Preparator will make critical contributions to the project through a variety of curatorial support and sample or specimen preparation and data publication tasks; focused mainly but not exclusively on mammal study skin and alcohol preparations and specimen digitization (~85%); and herbarium voucher preparations and digitization (~15%). If the position is funded beyond the initial 6-month period, then position contributions may shift to mammal study skin and alcohol preparations and specimen digitization (~75%); and herbarium voucher preparations and digitization (~20%), and sorting, databasing and imaging of select invertebrate samples (~5%). The position therefore requires a relatively broad scope of research collection and sample preparation and data publication skills. Critical skills will revolve around preparing (small) mammal skins, skulls, skeletons, tissues, organs, and other partial samples, taking standard measurements, and other procedures that will maximize the long-term suitability of these NEON samples for varied research purposes. Candidates who consider themselves well experienced or highly motivated to acquire these skills and hence complement the existing strengths of the NEON Biorepository team, are strongly encouraged to apply. An ability to develop new data products to leverage the research potential of NEON Biorepository samples with the greater community is highly desired.
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Or go to: https://cfo.asu.edu/applicant
Job code: 65101BR
Inquiries: nico.franz@asu.edu (website: https://isearch.asu.edu/profile/1804402)