Responsibilities:
- Preparing standard fruit fly culture media, following established recipes and protocols
- Dispensing the prepared fruit fly culture media into containers of various types and package these containers into trays
- Operating the instruments used for media preparation and food dispensing
- Organizing, clean, and maintain the Fly Food Facility lab space, instruments, and equipment
- Maintaining a fruit fly culture media inventory and order records for fruit fly laboratories
- Occasionally delivering weekly freshly made fruit fly culture media orders to fruit fly laboratories on campus
- Implementing and optimizing new media recipes based on evolving laboratory needs
- High School diploma required
- Must be able one full-day (7-8 hours) between Monday to Thursday
- Must be able to accurately follow Fly Food cooking protocol
- Diligent and can make sure that sufficient quantities of high-quality fruit fly culture media are distributed to the fruit fly labs in a timely manner
- Helpful, willing to hear feedback from fruit fly labs and can make sure that the fruit Fly Food is of consistent quality
- The ideal candidate is reliable, meticulous, and careful in their work
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The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on various factors, including but not limited to organizational budgets, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, and training. The hiring range provided represents The Rockefeller University's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.