Summary
Date Posted: Friday, January 31, 2020 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Job Title: Lab Technologist-Immunology
Reports to: Laboratory Manager and Post-doctoral Scientist
Project/ Section: Immunomodulation and Vaccines Programme
Location: Entebbe
Contract end date: 2020
Job summary:
The position has been created to fulfil molecularbiology and immunology sample processing and testing needs under the Trypanofien study and the POPVAC study. The TrypanoGen study is aimed at undertaking human genetic studies regarding susceptibility to schistosome infection through identifying high shedders by identifying high worm burden individuals and subsequently genotyping them for genetic markers predisposing to high worm burden. This will be done in collaboration with the Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3A) TrypanoGEN+ consortium; which aims to determine the human genetic determinants of schistosomiasis and sleeping sickness.The POPVAC study is aimed at understanding population differences in vaccine responses in order to identify strategies through which vaccine effectiveness can be optimized for the low-income, tropical settings where they are especially needed..

Roles and responsibilities:
Reception, processing and archiving of study samples, Performing immunological and molecular assays on stored samples. These include detecting the plasmal serum circulating anodic antigen of schistosomes, DNA extraction from blood and stool, PCR assays, ELlSAs, ELlSpots, whole blood stimulation assays, and preparing samples for shipping, Adhering to and implementing Good Clinical Laboratory Practices in the lab. These include regular cleaning and disinfecting equipment, tracking equipment servicing requirements, monitoring temperatures and liquid nitrogen levels, backing up data, running equipment performance quality controls.

Academic and professional qualifitions
Essential; Bachelor of Science Degree in Biological Sciences
Desirable: Training in Good Clinical Laboratory Practice

Job Skills: Not Specified

Job Qualifications: Not Specified  

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Job application procedure
Address your application to the Director, Uganda Virus Research Institute P.O Box 49, Entebbe. Please send your applications to mkatusabe@uvri.go.ug  the Principal Human Resource Officer, Uganda Virus Research institute, cc rmuganyizi@uvri.go.ug  Deadline for submission of application 16/02/2020

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