Research Support Technician



Caltech





Maintenance and husbandry of the Parker lab ant colonies at Caltech.

Fabrication of experimental setups involving ants.

Oversee long term evolutionary experiments into beetle-ant behavioral symbiosis.

Macrophotography/microscopic imaging of ants and their behavioral interactions.

Feeding and maintenance of multiple ant colonies.

Preparation and experimentation with laboratory ant diets.

Optimize culture conditions for laboratory ant species.

Design of cages and containers for ant rearing and maintenance.

Oversee specific long term experiments involving ant colonies and the directed evolution of behavioral symbioses with beetles.

Report to PI Joseph Parker on health of ant colonies and the status of long term evolutionary experiments.

Order and restock lab supplies for ant colonies and long term ant/beetle evolutionary experiments.

Guide and mentor other Parker lab members on ant care/maintenance, experimental use of ants, and working with postdocs and students on long term evolutionary experiments into beetle-ant behavioral symbiosis.

Macrophotography and imaging of beetle-ant interactions.

Bachelor's degree.

Minimum 3 years experience in keeping and culturing ant colonies.

In depth knowledge of Southern California ants, in particular the genus Liometopum.

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