Postdoctoral Research Associate - Hughes Lab - Biological Sciences

Title:

Postdoctoral Research Associate
- The Hughes Lab
- Biological Sciences

Employee Classification:
Postdoctoral Research Assoc

Campus:
University of North Texas

Division: UNT-Provost

Sub Division-Department: UNT-College of Science

Department: UNT-Biological Sciences-121100

Job Location:

Denton

Salary:
Compensation is competitive and commensurate with the candidate’s qualifications, experience, and discipline, in accordance with university guidelines and available funding.

FTE: 1.00

Retirement Eligibility: ORP Eligible

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The Department of Biological Sciences, one of four departments in the College of Science, has over 40 faculty, 175 graduate and 3,000 undergraduate students. Our faculty is a community of scholars dedicated to research and teaching in Ecology, Environmental Science, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Physiology, Neuroscience, Plant Biology, and Organismal environment interactions. We offer Bachelor’s degrees in Biology, Biochemistry, Ecology, Medical Laboratory Science, and Forensic Science, and Master’s and PhDs in Biology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Environmental Science.

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UNT has a highly diverse campus with a wide range of languages spoken in addition to English. We welcome candidates who have experience with HSI/MSIs and/or who speak Spanish, Vietnamese, American Sign Language, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin and other variations), Arabic, Tagalog, Farsi, French, or/and Yoruba.

The Hughes lab is seeking a highly motivated and collaborative Postdoctoral Research Associate with skills and experience in microbiology and bacteriophage biology. Our lab investigates the diversity of bacteriophages which infect the actinobacterial hosts with an emphasis on those infecting the genus Streptomyces. The ideal candidate will have experience in bacteriophage isolation and genomic annotation as well as experimental characterization of these viruses, their proteins, and interactions with their hosts.

Further responsibilities include the day-to-day management of the project, manuscript and proposal writing, presenting original research internally and externally at meetings and conferences, and mentoring students at the undergraduate and graduate level.