Lab Technician or Lab Specialist in Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics

Commonwealth of VA Careers • Charlottesville, VA, United States • $200k - $250k / year • 16h ago

The Jiang lab is seeking a lab technician to join their lab. We are located within the Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Department at the University of Virginia. The duties of this position include general lab maintenance and direct participation in cutting-edge research experiments.

About the Jiang Lab: The broad interest of our laboratory is how gene expression and cell signaling are regulated by biomolecular condensates, how dysregulation of these mechanisms leads to diseases, especially cancer. Moreover, we are developing novel strategies and molecules to target the specific condensates to combat disease. We have recently made exciting progress in this direction and are actively exploring their therapeutic potentials.

LAB & RESEARCH TECHNICIAN II GENERAL DUTIES:

Perform similar duties to the Technician 1, such as performing analyses, participating in research or clinical work involving treatment operations and experiments with animals, including care and feeding, cage cleaning and sanitization, and observation during post-operative or treatment periods, and maintaining equipment and apparatuses.
Coordinate and participate in a variety of routine technical duties by providing assistance to clinical and research staff in testing, determinations, and experiments.
Assist in evaluating research methods, procedures, and techniques, based on established objectives.
Provide basic assistance to researchers in manipulating, computing, and analyzing data using specialized statistical computer software.
May perform certain surgical procedures on small lab animals.
Assist with training other staff members on procedures; may supervise students or volunteers.
Assist Principal Investigators and senior staff in developing new strategies and techniques for experimentation.
May contact and coordinate schedules with study subjects, handle information intake, and record and track results.
In addition to the above job responsibilities, other duties may be assigned.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: LAB & RESEARCH TECHNICIAN II:

Education: Associate's degree.
Experience: At least 2 years of lab experience which may include student experience. Bachelor's degree in related science will be considered in lieu of experience.

PREFERRED REQUIREMENT:

Bachelor's (or equivalent) degree in natural science and at least 1 year’s laboratory experience.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: LAB SPECIALIST:

Education: Bachelor's degree.
Experience: 2 years of experience. 4 years of lab-related experience accepted in lieu of degree.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

This position can spend extensive periods of time standing and squatting while conducting experiments or caring for animals. Also requires keyboarding and other bench work and animal procedures requiring finer finger manipulation.

To Apply:

Apply Here, and search for R0062273.
Internal applicants must apply through their UVA Workday profile by searching 'Find Jobs' and search for R0062273.

Complete an application online with the following documents:

CV
Cover letter

Upload all materials into the resume submission field; multiple documents can be submitted into this one field. Alternatively, merge all documents into one PDF for submission. Applications that do not contain all required documents will not receive full consideration.

References will be completed via UVA’s standardized process Skill Survey. A total of five references will be requested via Skill Survey during the final phase of the interview process.

For questions about the application process, please contact Michelle Johnson, Recruiter.

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