
Scientist / Senior Scientist - Veterinary Applied Research (Contract)
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- Undertake assigned projects for method establishment/validation and molecular pathogen characterization
- To develop, establish, and validate test and analysis protocols for higher order pathogen characterization e.g. Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) and other sequencing platforms for the genetic/genomic analysis of veterinary and zoonotic pathogens, in various sample types including environmental samples (e-DNA and e-RNA pipelines).
- To translate research outputs for use in biosurveillance programs and disease investigation.
- Perform laboratory diagnostic analysis, in support of disease outbreak investigations and biosurveillance programmes
- Participate in the maintenance of a quality assurance system in compliance with ISO/IEC 17025:2017
- Areas of study Biology, Biotechnology, Biomedical Science, Life Science, or related fields, with minimum one year hands-on experience in a veterinary, medical or research laboratory.
- Postgraduate qualification in Microbiology, Life Sciences, or related science discipline is preferred.
- Highly motivated individual with passion for laboratory work
- Team player with initiative, drive and good interpersonal/communication skills and able to work independently
- Good IT skills e.g. sound applied knowledge of Microsoft office
- Undertake assigned projects for method establishment/validation and molecular pathogen characterization
- To develop, establish, and validate test and analysis protocols for higher order pathogen characterization e.g. Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) and other sequencing platforms for the genetic/genomic analysis of veterinary and zoonotic pathogens, in various sample types including environmental samples (e-DNA and e-RNA pipelines).
- To translate research outputs for use in biosurveillance programs and disease investigation.
- Perform laboratory diagnostic analysis, in support of disease outbreak investigations and biosurveillance programmes
- Participate in the maintenance of a quality assurance system in compliance with ISO/IEC 17025:2017
- Areas of study Biology, Biotechnology, Biomedical Science, Life Science, or related fields, with minimum one year hands-on experience in a veterinary, medical or research laboratory.
- Postgraduate qualification in Microbiology, Life Sciences, or related science discipline is preferred.
- Highly motivated individual with passion for laboratory work
- Team player with initiative, drive and good interpersonal/communication skills and able to work independently
- Good IT skills e.g. sound applied knowledge of Microsoft office