Department: Genetics - 423501
Career Area : Research Professionals
Application Deadline: 04/15/2024
Position Type: Temporary Staff (EHRA NF)
Position Title: Research Associate (Liu Lab)
Position Number: ********
Vacancy ID: N000730
FTE: 1
Hours Per Week: 40
Position Location: North Carolina, US
Hiring Range: ********
Proposed Start Date: 07/01/2024
Estimated Duration of Appointment: 12 months
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Primary Purpose of Organizational Unit: The UNC School of Medicine has a rich tradition of excellence and care. Our mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of North Carolinians, and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research. We strive to promote faculty, staff, and learner development in a diverse, respectful environment where our colleagues demonstrate professionalism, enhance learning, and create personal and professional sustainability. We optimize our partnership with the UNC Health System through close collaboration and commitment to service.
OUR VISION
Our vision is to be the nation's leading public school of medicine. We are ranked 2nd in primary care education among all US schools of medicine and 5th among public peers in NIH research funding. Our Allied Health Department is home to five top-ranked divisions, and we are home to 18 top-ranked clinical and basic science departments in NIH research funding.
OUR MISSION
Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research.
Patient Care: We will promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.
Education: We will prepare tomorrow's health care professionals and biomedical researchers by facilitating learning within innovative curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education. We will cultivate outstanding teaching and research faculty, and we will recruit outstanding students and trainees from highly diverse backgrounds to create a socially responsible, highly skilled workforce.
Research: We will develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers, and resources. We will provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our University to support outstanding research. We will foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic, and population research.
Position Summary: The Liu Lab in the Department of Genetics is looking for a Research Associate to conduct research to understand drug-resistance mechanisms in non-tuberculosis mycobacterium, including constructing mutants and assessing drug susceptibility. This position also includes work on implementing a high-throughput physiological profiling method to characterize bacterial features that differentiate clinical strains of Mycobacterium abscessus. The ultimate goal is to identify genomic determinants that are underlying drug resistance of non-tuberculosis mycobacterium.
Minimum Education and Experience Requirements: Relevant post-Baccalaureate degree required (or foreign degree equivalent); for candidates demonstrating comparable independent research productivity, will accept a relevant Bachelor's degree (or foreign degree equivalent) and 3 or more years of relevant experience in substitution. May require terminal degree and licensure.
Required Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience: MS in Biology, Microbiology, or related field.
Preferred Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience: 1.Basic biochemical and genomic techniques.
2.Extraction of DNA, RNA, and proteins from bacteria
3.Analysis of whole-genome sequencing, RNA-Seg data
4.Bioinformatic skills (primer design, sequence alignment)
5.Basic knowledge of R language
Campus Security Authority Responsibilities: Not Applicable.
