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Spring 2025

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Advanced Preparation Techniques at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology

Carla Cicero - Emeritus Staff Curator, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology

Status: Check back for status     Weekly Hours: 3-5 hrs     Location: On Campus

UC Berkeley's Museum of Vertebrate Zoology is a major repository for surveyed and/or salvaged North American wildlife, especially California species. We typical have several thousand frozen carcasses at any given time, with a large diversity of amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and birds. These carcasses come from many sources -- wildlife rescue...

 Biological & Health Sciences

Geographic Variation in Birds of Western North America

Carla Cicero - Emeritus Staff Curator, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology

Status: Full- no new appr needed     Weekly Hours: 3-5 hrs     Location: On Campus

Students will assist with research projects that investigate geographic variation and species limits in birds. Work may involve morphologic measurements, color measurements, DNA laboratory work, and/or sound analysis. Positions are not available every semester, and students must already have some experience in the MVZ working with specimens and data...

 Biological & Health Sciences

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