Job Information
Washington State University Assistant Research Professor in Pullman, Washington
Assistant Research Professor
Available Title(s):
155-NN_FACULTY - Research Assistant Professor - Career
Business Title:
Assistant Research Professor
Employee Type:
Faculty (+) (Fixed Term)
Time Type:
Full time
Position Term:
12 Month
Position Details:
Summary of Duties:
This position provides experienced assistance for the CDC Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity (ELC) grant-funded partnership with WA PHL "Pathogen Genomics Center of Excellence" (PGCoE) by assisting the Scientific Laboratory Manager, current Scientific Assistant, and the Principal Investigators of the project within the Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) section of the Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory within the College of Veterinary Medicine at Washington State University. Duties include: networking with Washington Department of Health (DOH) Public Health Laboratory (PHL)/ CDC PGCoE / relevant animal health partners; assisting with the validation of PGCoE-developed pathogen surveillance paradigm, molecular and bioinformatic methods implemented into WADDL; participation in PHL led training events; development and maintenance of campus-based, WADDL-owned high-performance computing environment; curation of project next-generation sequencing (NGS) data; development of SOPs for NGS; analyzing experimental results and participating in preparing scientific information for publication. Adheres to standard operating procedures (SOP) and protocols within an accredited laboratory. Eligibility and understanding of BSL-2 laboratory safety guidelines and work environment is required. This position will be expected to interface with team members of other NGS projects within WADDL including, but not limited to, the USDA National Animal Health Laboratory Network (NAHLN) focused on NGS and surveillance test development for high consequence diseases in avian production, aquaculture and at the livestock-wildlife interface in the Pacific Northwest and multiple sequencing projects involving antimicrobial resistance.
Required Qualifications:
• Positions require a PhD degree in an appropriate related scientific or engineering discipline and three (3) years of progressively responsible related professional research experience. Any combination of relevant education and experience may be substituted for the educational requirement on a year-for-year basis.
• Physical eligibility required for working in BSL-2 and environments. See the following link for more information: https://www.cdc.gov/training/QuickLearns/biosafety/
Preferred Qualifications:
• At least 20 semester or 30 quarter credit hours in microbiology at the college level.
• Demonstrated experience in Molecular Biosciences or Computational Biology field.
• One year laboratory experience
• Experimental and analytical skills; understanding and knowledge of research theory.
• Excellent organizational and project management skills.
• Demonstrated skills and knowledge in: isolation of DNA and RNA from tissue and body fluids/samples; quality and quantity evaluation of extracted nucleic acids using capillary electrophoresis, spectrophotometry, and fluorimetry; use of PCR in identification of microbial agents; library preparation and sample multiplexing for Next Generation Sequencing, using Illumina and Oxford Nanopore technologies.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Next-generation Sequencing Bioinformatics and a fundamental understanding of command line computing
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