Research Lab Specialist

Job Description

Research Lab Specialist is responsible for the day-to-day operations to ensure efficient lab activities including organization and maintenance. This position is responsible for developing safety plans and certifications and to adhere and enforce health and safety regulations in the lab. Responsible for ordering and managing lab supplies reagents as well as research supplies to include maintaining cell lines glycerol stocks and mouse colonies.

Individual will also conduct complex multi-step laboratory procedures based on written protocols and oral instruction using molecular biological microbiological or genetic techniques.

Individual must be able to learn and employ a wide variety of experimental techniques including but not limited to PCR electrophoresis sequencing tissue culture transformations and blot analysis.

Individual is expected to maintain a detailed notebook tabulate and graph data and interpret results on all procedures.

Individual will be expected to read relevant scientific literature as suggested by the investigation and to identify relevant facts techniques and procedures from the primary literature

Required Qualifications

Bachelors degree in science related field
Practical experience in a molecular biology laboratory setting
Strong organizational time management and communications skills are essential

Preferred Qualifications

N/A

Pay Band

Pay band 3 Salary: commensurate with experience

Overtime Status

Non-Exempt: Eligible for overtime

Appointment Type

Restricted

Salary Information

Commensurate with experience

Hours per week

40

Review Date

8/5/2026

Additional Information

The successful candidate will be required to have a criminal conviction check.

About Virginia Tech

Dedicated to its mottoUt Prosim(That I May Serve) Virginia Tech pushes the boundaries of knowledge by taking a hands-on transdisciplinary approach to preparing scholars to be leaders and problem-solvers. A comprehensive land-grant institution that enhances the quality of life in Virginia and throughout the world Virginia Tech is aninclusive communitydedicated to knowledge discovery and creativity. The university offers more than 280 majors to a diverse enrollment of more than 36000 undergraduate graduate and professional students in eightundergraduate colleges aschool of medicine aveterinary medicinecollegeGraduate School andHonors College.The university has a significant presence across Virginia including Blacksburg the greater Washington D.C. area the Health Sciences and Technology Campus in Roanoke sites in Newport News and Richmond and numerousExtension officesandresearch institutes.A leading global research institution Virginia Tech conducts more than $650 million in research annually.

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