This is an unpaid internship. Applicants must be current students. Program requirements listed on page 3. This position is located in the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Infectious Disease Pathology Branch (IDPB).

Education Requirements:

Interest in biology and/or life science preferred, but not required; college or graduate

Description:

IDPB has a large collection of infectious disease specimens embedded for electron microscopy and associated photographic negatives dating back to the late 1960’s. The specimen logbooks associated with this collection need to be carefully transcribed into an electronic format for long-term archival storage and to improve access to and searchability of the information collected in these logbooks. Two laboratory assistants are needed to transcribe the logbooks, organize and name the files appropriately, and to sort through micrographs and negatives.

Duties:

• Become familiar with electron microscopy specimen logbooks and organizational system.
• Transcribe specimen logbooks into an electronic format
• Organize and name files appropriately
• Work with the Electron Microscopy unit of IDPB to ensure archival system meets branch needs.
• As needed, sort through micrographs and associated negatives

• Must be detail-oriented with excellent communication skills.

Requirements:

• Good organizational skills
• Attention to detail when working with numbers, including lists
• Familiarity with Microsoft Excel
• Good oral and written communication skills
• Adherence to laboratory safety practices
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, highly time-sensitive environment, while ensuring high quality and efficiency
• Ability to work well independently and as part of a team
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other professionals within CDC and with external organizations
• Ability to manage multiple projects with varying tasking, short turnaround times, and meet or exceed all deadlines
• Ability to prioritize work
• Must possess excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to efficiently use Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access), and SharePoint
• Demonstrates initiative on assignments and projects, and proactively tackles responsibilities
• Ability to produce accurate documents and materials with little or no supervision

Work Hours:

Students must be able to work at least 10 hours a week in the CDC Office. The work schedule for this position is flexible and will be discussed and approved by both parties.

Applications:

Submit resumes via email to the CDC Human Resources Customer Service Helpdesk at HRCS [at] cdc [dot] gov with the subject “SWEP Student Volunteer Program – Electron Microscopy Archival Assistant Intern” no later than 4 p.m., Tuesday, March 10, 2020. Students selected for interviews will be contacted, and the student(s) selected for participation will be required to complete additional paperwork.