You must be a high school student, a graduate, or enrolled in higher education.

You will wean, sex, and collect tail DNA from mice, conduct DNA PCR, qRT-PCR, and immunohistochemistry, and perform graphing and statistical analysis using MATLAB, Excel, and GraphPad Prism.

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Baylor College of Medicine is a health sciences university that creates knowledge and applies science and discoveries to further education, healthcare and community service locally and globally. Located in the Texas Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine has affiliations with eight teaching hospitals, each known for medical excellence. The college has total research support of over $400 million annually, and more than 90 research and patient-care centers and units. Currently, Baylor College of Medicine trains more than 3,000 medical, graduate, nurse anesthesia, physician assistant, orthotics and prosthetics and genetic counseling students, as well as residents and post-doctoral fellows.


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    <p>The intern will be trained to conduct routine mouse husbandry procedures, analyze and visualize digitally collected behavioral data from mouse subjects and will learn how to conduct a set of widely utilized benchtop protocols (e.g., PCR, immunohistochemistry)</p>
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    <p>Provides temporary administrative or laboratory support to a department while gaining practical work experience.</p>
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     <li>Performs DNA PCR, qRT-PCR, and immunohistochemistry.</li>
     <li>Performs graphing and statistical analysis using matlab, excel and prism graphpad.</li>
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     <li>Must be enrolled in high school or be a high school graduate (or equivalent secondary education) or enrolled in an institution of higher education.</li>
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 <p><br> Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.</p>
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    Summary
   
   
    The intern will be trained to conduct routine mouse husbandry procedures, analyze and visualize digitally collected behavioral data from mouse subjects and will learn how to conduct a set of widely utilized benchtop protocols (e.g., PCR, immunohistochemistry)
   
  
  
   
     Job Purpose
   
   
    Provides temporary administrative or laboratory support to a department while gaining practical work experience.
   
  
  
   
     Job Duties
   
   
    
     Performs weaning, sexing, and collects tail DNA from mice.
     Performs DNA PCR, qRT-PCR, and immunohistochemistry.
     Performs graphing and statistical analysis using matlab, excel and prism graphpad.
    
   
  
  
   
     Minimum Qualifications
   
   
    
     Must be enrolled in high school or be a high school graduate (or equivalent secondary education) or enrolled in an institution of higher education.
    
   
  
 
 
  Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.



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