CURI Academic Year Student Researcher - Fall 25 - Kandl

Job Title: CURI Academic Year Student Researcher

Classification: Student Employee (non-exempt)

Name and Address of Employer: St. Olaf College, 1520 St. Olaf Ave, Northfield, MN 55057

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• Department Name: CURI
• Unit Number (5 digits): 16118
• Length of Position: See Employment Authorization  
• Contact Person/Supervisor: Faculty advisor
• Pay Rate (Check One)  Standard Hourly Rate  x  Supervisory/Special Skills Hourly Rate

Description of the Position: (Purpose of the Position): Students work together with a faculty member on scholarly or artistic projects. 

Project Title: Complementation of yeast seipin knockouts with a putative Tetrahymena seipin

Faculty Mentor: Kim Kandl

Project Description: Lipid droplets (LD) are conserved lipid storage organelles found in all cells. Seipin is a protein found in the endoplasmic reticulum membrane that facilitates lipid droplet formation. Work in my lab this fall aims to confirm whether TTHERM_00497200 is the Tetrahymena seipin. Work may include growing both Tetrahymena and yeast using sterile technique, fluorescence microscopy, quantitative RT-PCR and thin layer chromatography. 

Applicants for this project should have completed intermediate genetics (BIO 233) and Cell Biology (BIO 227) and should be available to travel to Philadelphia December 6-10 to present this research at the American Society for Cell Biology (travel funds are available). 

Contact: Kim Kandl, Biology Department, kandl@stolaf.edu

Transferable Skills: Research and presentations.

Duties and Responsibilities: Each project has its own timing (number of hours per week and number of weeks), as determined by the individual faculty mentor. See the CURI Digital Olaf database for individual project descriptions and details.

Qualifications: (Education/Experience/Skills) A student interested in applying for the CURI academic year program must be enrolled as an on-campus St. Olaf student. There is no GPA requirement that must be met in order to apply for the program, but a student’s academic record will be considered during the selection process. Skills are dependent on individual projects.

If you don’t have a work award and select, No, to the application questions your application will be automatically rejected by the system. If you apply and are rejected please contact Erin Eltonga to resolve this for you.

Wage Range: $11.75-12.75

This job description is for general information purposes.  It is not intended to list all duties and responsibilities of the position.  This job description is subject to change at any time by St. Olaf College, with or without prior notice.