Lab Specialist - Anna Cliffe Lab

The Cliffe Lab in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology, at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, is seeking a Laboratory Specialist to work on projects investigating Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) infection in neurons. More information on the lab can be found here https://med.virginia.edu/cliffe/ .

Research activities will include but not be limited to:

• Propagating and titrating virus stocks
  
• Routine tissue culture
  
• General molecular biology techniques (nucleic acid isolation, RT-PCR, RNAseq), microscopy, and animal work
  

The lab specialist will also have tasks related to laboratory maintenance. This includes training, maintaining mouse colonies, ordering supplies, preparing stock solutions, organizing and maintaining virus stocks.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Education: Bachelor's degree.

Experience: 2 years of experience. 4 years of lab-related experience accepted in lieu of degree.

TO APPLY:

Please apply HERE , and search for requisition R0070921.

Internal applicants must apply through their UVA Workday profile and search “Find Jobs,” and search for requisition R0070921.

Complete a candidate profile online; attach a cover letter, resume, and contact information for three references.

Incomplete applications will not be given consideration.

For questions regarding the application process, please contact Eric Allen, Academic Recruiter, at uth9qh@virginia.edu .

Physical Demands

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

The University of Virginia is an equal opportunity employer. All interested persons are encouraged to apply, including veterans and individuals with disabilities. Click here to read more about UVA’s commitment to non-discrimination and equal opportunity employment.