Lab Technician, Burnsed Lab, Department of - Charlottesville, United States - University of Virginia

University of Virginia

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Charlottesville, United States

2 weeks ago

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Description

The Burnsed Lab in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Virginia School of Medicine seeks a Lab Technician to assist in managing the day-to-day operations of the lab under Dr.

Burnsed's supervision.

The lab technician will work closely with Dr. Burnsed and other lab members, using a mouse model to study neonatal brain injury.

Research activities will include, but not be limited to, neonatal rodent surgery, rodent electroencephalography (EEG) recordings and analysis, immunohistochemistry, microscopy and image analysis, general molecular biology techniques (such as RT-PCR).

The lab technician will also contribute to laboratory maintenance. These duties include assisting Dr.

Burnsed with environmental health and safety compliance as well as compliance with the animal care and use committee guidelines, maintaining mouse colonies, maintaining supplies and preparing lab resources.

Perform similar duties to Lab and Research Aide, such as collecting specimens, setting up and performing experiments of a repetitive nature; and preparing culture media, chemicals, reagents, and solutions as instructed.
At direction of Principal Investigator or senior staff, perform biological, hematological, chemical, or physical analysis.
Participate in research or clinical work involving treatment operations and experiments with animals to include care and feeding, cage cleaning and sanitization, and observation during postoperative or treatment periods.
May perform some surgical procedures on small lab animals.
Prepare support materials, compare and assist with analyses of data and write reports. Assist with literature reviews.
Operate, adjust, and maintain specific scientific apparatuses and instruments. Order lab supplies and maintain inventory.
Record accurate information and logs of experimental data.
Keep informed of new lab techniques.
Provide routine, technical, and administrative support to research projects.
In addition to the above job responsibilities, other duties may be assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

Lab and Research Technician 1_
Education: High school diploma or equivalent
Experience: At least 1 year of lab experience, which may include student experience. Bachelor's degree will be considered in lieu of experience.
Licensure: None
Lab and Research Technician 2_
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.
Licensure: None

This position will remain open until filled. This is a restricted position and is dependent upon project need, availability of funding and performance. This is non-exempt level, benefited position and will not sponsor applicants for work visas. For more information on the benefits at UVA, visit

This position is located in Charlottesville, VA.

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.

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

To Apply:

Cover Letter
CV/Resume

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._

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.