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Postdoctoral Research Associates will manage their own projects, interact with other lab members and collaborators, present their work at lab meetings and conferences, and contribute to grant applications and manuscripts for publication. Candidates will be expected to learn new techniques as a part of their training requirement. This position also includes opportunities to help mentor and teach students.
The position is a 12-month appointment with the possibility of renewal contingent upon satisfactory performance and the availability of funding.
Postdoctoral employment is temporary and is normally limited to an individual who has been awarded a Ph.D. or equivalent doctorate within the previous five years and who will be involved in full-time research or scholarship at the University. Employment as a Postdoctoral Research Associate is viewed as training and is preparatory for a full-time academic or research career, is supervised by a senior scholar, and allows the appointee to publish the results of his/her research or scholarship during the training period.
For questions regarding this position, please contact Dr. John Lukens at
The University of Virginia is located in picturesque and historical Charlottesville, with outstanding schools, affordable housing, is less than two hours from Washington, DC, and only an hour away from Richmond, VA.
Qualified candidates must have:
• Doctoral degree in immunology, neuroscience, or a related field by the start date of the appointment
• First author publication(s)
• Experience in the independent conduct of laboratory experiments including experimental design, data display in figures, data analysis including standard statistical analyses, and data management
• Interest and confidence in developing new techniques for hypothesis testing
• High level of motivation and technical capacity to drive a research project
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills, demonstrated by a strong publication record, consistent with the candidate's career stage, and presentations at conferences
• Ability to work with others as part of a team, including both teaching and learning from others
Preferred Qualifications:
• Strong background in neurodegenerative disease research, neurobiology, or immunology
• Experience with mouse models of neurodegenerative disease
• Experience with one or more of these methods: confocal microscopy, cell or tissue culture, molecular biology, RNA-sequencing and bioinformatics, behavior studies, and flow cytometry
• Demonstrated creativity and flexibility in experimental design or new methods
The position will remain open until filled. This is an exempt-level, benefitted position. The University will perform background checks on all new hires prior to employment. A pre-employment health screening is required. This position is located in Charlottesville, VA.
To Apply:
Please apply through Workday , and search for R0053302. Internal applicants must apply through their UVA Workday profile by searching 'Find Jobs'. Complete an application online with the following documents:
CV/Resume Cover letter summarizing your past experience, research interests, and career goals Contact information for 3 references who can comment on your scholarly accomplishments and promise
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.
For questions about the application process, please contact Jessica Russo, Academic Recruiter, at .
For more information on the benefits available to postdoctoral associates at UVA, visit postdoc.virginia.edu and hr.virginia.edu/benefits .
The University of Virginia, i ncluding the UVA Health System which represents the UVA Medical Center, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, UVA Physician’s Group and the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, are fundamentally committed to the diversity of our faculty and staff. We believe diversity is excellence expressing itself through every person's perspectives and lived experiences. We are equal opportunity and affirmative action employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, veteran status, and family medical or genetic information.
