Odyssey is seeking a Microbiologist (BS) to support the National Hansen’s Disease Program (NHDP) Laboratory Research Branch to enhance the understanding of Mycobacterium leprae (M. leprae). 

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Duties include, but not limited to:

• Prepare complex microbiological and tissue culture media.
• Provide purification procedures for proteins, nucleic acids, lipids and carbohydrates from complex biological extracts of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.
• Perform complex enzymatic reactions to splice DNA into cloning vectors.
• Perform DNA and RNA purification following PCR amplification for DNA analysis using agarose and polyacrylamide gels and automated DNA sequencing.
• Perform nucleic acid quantitation using UV spectrophotometry.
• Perform animal manipulations on approximately 250 armadillos, 1,000 conventional mice, 750 knockout mice, and 350 transgenic nude mice, to include injection and dissection of major organs and tissue samples for subsequent analysis of immune responses and genotyping leprosy complex bacteria.
• Provide assistance in technical design of experiments.
• Provide documentation and interpretation of data:
  • Word document: Summaries of experiments
  • Excel: Spreadsheets and Tables of experimental data
  • Handwritten: Daily progress entries into laboratory notebook

Minimum Required Qualifications:

Citizenship: Must be a US citizen

Clearance: None 

Education: BS

Years’ experience: minimum 1 year 

Additional Information:

Location: Baton Rouge, LA 

Travel: None

Remote, Onsite, or Hybrid: Onsite 

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Odyssey Systems Consulting Group, is an innovative small business committed to providing world-class technical, management, and training support services to government and public sector clients. We focus on people, processes, and performance to deliver superior results. Since our inception in 1997, our commitment to mission success and customer satisfaction has been recognized with exponential growth and exceptional past performance ratings. We accept challenging assignments and drive projects from the planning stages, through implementation, and into operations and support.

Please note: Final compensation for this position will be determined by various factors such as the Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant work experience, specific skills and competencies, geographic location, education, and certifications.

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