Botanical Intern, Tissue Culture
About Us
At The Huntington, we believe that having a team of diverse backgrounds and voices working together will enable us to support and promote the appreciation of the humanities, the arts, and botanical science. The Huntington is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, disability, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal law.
The Huntington
Founded in 1919, The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens is a collections-based research and educational institution open to the public, housing world-class library, art, and botanical collections. Its mission is to support research and promote education in the arts, humanities, and botanical science and to display and interpret its extraordinary resources for diverse audiences.
The Culture
Here we are committed to the highest of standards in all that we do - from preserving and protecting the collections, to exhibitions, educational and scholarly programming, visitor and reader services, and beyond. Achieving excellence across these pursuits requires a diversity of perspectives, expertise, experience, and methodologies. We are better together. We believe an explicit commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion directly impacts and improves staff and audience engagement and experience.
Job Description
About the Role
With over 84,000 plants representing about 27,000 taxa, The Huntington is home to one of largest and most diverse collections of living plants in the world. Our biodiverse living collections provide an opportunity to interpret the wide variety of plant life for educational, conservation, research, and display purposes.
The Huntington is seeking a conservation intern for the cryobiotechnology program, which is one of two research focal areas for the Botanical Division. This internship is meant to give an understanding of the tissue culture process and basics of cryopreservation and how they are used in a Plant Conservation program, with an emphasis on rare and uncommonly cultivated plant material.
This position will primarily focus on securely storing tissue from select genotypes in the genus Quercus. This is a full-time 12 week internship at 40 hours per week.
Essential Duties
Other Related Work:
Qualifications:
Working Conditions:
Compensation & Benefits
We provide competitive compensation, generous benefits and perks for all eligible employees including:
The Application Process
Please submit a cover letter and CV/resume as a single PDF attachment.
You will have the opportunity to submit additional documents on the My Experience section of the application
EEO IS THE LAW
EEO IS THE LAW - SPANISHEstimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
At The Huntington, we believe that having a team of diverse backgrounds and voices working together will enable us to support and promote the appreciation of the humanities, the arts, and botanical science. The Huntington is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, disability, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal law.
The Huntington
Founded in 1919, The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens is a collections-based research and educational institution open to the public, housing world-class library, art, and botanical collections. Its mission is to support research and promote education in the arts, humanities, and botanical science and to display and interpret its extraordinary resources for diverse audiences.
The Culture
Here we are committed to the highest of standards in all that we do - from preserving and protecting the collections, to exhibitions, educational and scholarly programming, visitor and reader services, and beyond. Achieving excellence across these pursuits requires a diversity of perspectives, expertise, experience, and methodologies. We are better together. We believe an explicit commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion directly impacts and improves staff and audience engagement and experience.
Job Description
About the Role
With over 84,000 plants representing about 27,000 taxa, The Huntington is home to one of largest and most diverse collections of living plants in the world. Our biodiverse living collections provide an opportunity to interpret the wide variety of plant life for educational, conservation, research, and display purposes.
The Huntington is seeking a conservation intern for the cryobiotechnology program, which is one of two research focal areas for the Botanical Division. This internship is meant to give an understanding of the tissue culture process and basics of cryopreservation and how they are used in a Plant Conservation program, with an emphasis on rare and uncommonly cultivated plant material.
This position will primarily focus on securely storing tissue from select genotypes in the genus Quercus. This is a full-time 12 week internship at 40 hours per week.
Essential Duties
- In a laboratory setting, the intern will multiply oak shoots using a tissue culture system.
- While working with staff, the intern will work towards towards optimizing protocols for various stages of the tissue culture process.
- Assist with cryopreservation experiments using in vitro shoot tips.
- Assist Conservation staff in day-to-day operations in the tissue culture lab or seed bank.
Other Related Work:
- May assist with data entry and working with seed vouchers in the herbarium.
Qualifications:
- Background in Biology, with a basic understanding of Plant Biology.
- Tissue culture experience preferred, with an understanding of sterile technique
- Laboratory experience in the life sciences.
- Ability to work independently
- Currently enrolled in a college or university as a Junior or Senior with relevant course background preferred
Working Conditions:
- Will primarily work indoors in the cryobiotechnology labs (Prep & Tissue Culture Lab, Crotty Conservation Lab, and Edison Light Lab), but may work outside in garden or nursery setting.
- Must be able to stand for long periods, stoop, bend, lift up to 25 lbs.
Compensation & Benefits
We provide competitive compensation, generous benefits and perks for all eligible employees including:
- Pay Rate: $16.00/hr.
- Discounts for staff in The Huntington Store and restaurants
- Access to the Museums Council pass, which grants free admission to various museums and cultural institutions
- Free passes each month to welcome family and friends to visit the grounds
The Application Process
Please submit a cover letter and CV/resume as a single PDF attachment.
You will have the opportunity to submit additional documents on the My Experience section of the application
EEO IS THE LAW
EEO IS THE LAW - SPANISHEstimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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