Herc-Higher Education Recruitment Consortium

POSITION SUMMARY The Kapahi laboratory at the Buck Institute is looking for a Research Associate to provide technical laboratory support. With the help of scientists, the RA carries out specialized laboratory procedures for research projects at the Buck Institute. The Kapahi lab focuses on identifying and characterizing the mechanisms by which nutrients modulate aging and age-related diseases. This is being achieved by using an interdisciplinary approach combining genetic, pharmacological, biochemical and genomic approaches in invertebrate model systems C. elegans, D. melanogaster and mammalian cells. The broader significance of this research is to help uncover the role of nutrition in the etiology of age