The Sundquist Lab at the University of Utah invites applicants for a laboratory technician position to support a variety of projects focused on the cellular, molecular and structural biology of retroviruses, particularly HIV, and the roles of the ESCRT pathway in cell division and protection against DNA damage. Major projects in our lab include studies of: 1) HIV capsid structure and function, 2) HIV assembly and budding, 3) ESCRT pathway functions in cell division and its regulation. Our approaches frequently include cryo-EM analyses of viral complexes, identification and biochemical analyses of the interactions between viral components and their cellular partners, and genetic analyses of viral and cellular protein functions.Duties may include bacterial cloning, protein purification, western blotting and other biochemical assays, tissue culture, and molecular biology assays (RT-PCR, PCR, sequencing, etc.). Responsibilities will be modified as the technician gains experience in our lab.