**Job Description**

The Yang Lab in the Department of Microbiology & Immunology at Stanford University School of Medicine is currently recruiting for an experienced virologist to join our lab as a Basic Life Science Research Scientist and work with a team of medicinal chemists, virologists, and structural biologists in developing prototype drugs to combat chronic viral infection. As a member of our research team, the Research Scientist will make original scientific contributions including (1) evaluation of small molecules in biochemical, cell biological, and virological assays; (2) characterization of small molecule mechanisms of action; (3) development of novel assays for evaluating and optimizing compounds with induced proximity mechanisms of action. The Research Scientist will write scientific sections of grant applications and progress reports and mentor/supervise junior members of the research team. This is a 1-year fixed term appointment with the possibility of reappo...