Lab and Research Technician 2

6 months ago


Charlottesville, United States Commonwealth of Virginia Full time
The Zhu lab at the University of Virginia seeks a Lab & Research Technician 2 to conduct cutting-edge research in the field of neuroscience.

Lab and Research Technician 2 employees provide increasingly complex technical support for projects and may engage in increasingly complex scientific experiments. May handle more sophisticated administrative and logistical tasks. Lab and Research Technician 2 employees operate under supervision with a degree of independence when following set protocols and procedures.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
Performing analyses, participating in research or clinical work involving treatment operations and experiments with animals to include 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. Provide routine, technical, and administrative support to research projects. 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

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 Qualifications:
Prior experience in molecular biology, electrophysiology, imaging, and MATLAB-based programming and data analysis.

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.

This is a restricted position and is dependent upon project need, availability of funding and performance. For more information on the benefits at UVA, visit .

This position will remain open until filled. The University will perform background checks on all new hires prior to employment. A completed pre-employment health screen is required for this position prior to employment.

TO APPLY

Please apply through Workday , and search for R0045725. Internal applicants must apply through their UVA Workday profile by searching 'Find Jobs'. Complete an application online with the following documents:
CV or Resume 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 during the final phase of the interview process. For questions about the application process, please contact Jeremy Brofft, Senior Recruiting Specialist at .

For more information about UVA and the Charlottesville community please see and .

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