Ant Husbandry Student Assistant
Core
Maintaining healthy laboratory ant colonies through routine care, housing management, and research support.
Role type
Student Assistant (Laboratory Animal Husbandry)
Builds
Laboratory ant colonies for research and educational activities
Domain
Evolutionary Ecology and Organismal Biology
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
colony maintenance, formicaria construction, environmental monitoring, data recording, colony acclimation
Responsibilities
Maintain healthy laboratory ant colonies through routine feeding, watering, and observation; Clean, construct, and maintain formicaria and housing systems; Monitor colony health, behavior, and reproduction while maintaining records; Assist with collecting, establishing, and identifying new ant colonies; Support research projects by preparing colonies for behavioral experiments.