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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Research Specialist - Choby Lab

🇺🇸 Chapel Hill, NC

🕑 Full-Time

💰 $61K - $67K

💻 Research

🗓️ December 9th, 2025

Edtech.com's Summary

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is hiring a Research Specialist for the Choby Lab. The specialist will conduct research on antibiotic resistance and heteroresistance in Gram-negative bacteria, performing molecular biology and bacterial genetics techniques to manipulate genomes of clinical isolates and measure antibiotic resistance frequency in bacterial populations.

Highlights
  • Conduct molecular biology and bacterial genetics experiments in the Choby Laboratory.
  • Investigate mechanisms of antibiotic resistance and phenotypic heterogeneity in Gram-negative bacteria.
  • Perform assays measuring antibiotic-resistant populations within bacterial cultures.
  • Requires Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline or equivalent training and experience.
  • Preferred experience includes microbiology lab research, bacterial genetics, publication or presentation of research findings, and murine infection models.
  • Position is full-time, time-limited with an estimated duration of 3 years.
  • Salary range is $61,000 to $67,000 annually.
  • Works 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday, 8am-5pm.
  • Part of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the UNC School of Medicine.
  • Focuses on research supporting health sciences and addressing antibiotic resistance.