Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

1. Ordering and maintenance of laboratory supplies and reagents.

2. Assist with maintaining laboratory compliance for various regulations.

3. Preparing media and solutions for the laboratory.

4. Sample preparation and processing

5. Perform experiments to support ongoing research projects.

6. Help direct undergraduate students in the laboratory.

Techniques used in the lab include:

1. Infection studies using insects and their associated microorganisms

2. General microbiological techniques

3. General molecular biological techniques including nucleic acid extraction and PCR

4. Next-generation sequencing and analysis

5. General microscopy techniques