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• An application
• Transcripts – Click here for detailed information about acceptable transcripts
• A current resume/CV, including academic history, employment history, relevant experiences, and publication list
• One educational or professional recommendation. Your application will be considered incomplete, and will not be reviewed until one recommendation is submitted.

All documents must be in English or include an official English translation.

*Applications will be reviewed on a rolling-basis.

CDC Office and Location: A research opportunity is currently available in the Chronic Viral Disease Branch (CVDB) within the National Center for Zoonotic and Emerging Infectious Diseases (NCEZID) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia.

Research Project: The selected participant will join laboratory staff in projects related to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and Human Papillomavirus (HPV). S/he will participate with multi-site clinical studies, biorepository establishment and development of specimen management databases, specimen processing, molecular testing, sequence and data analyses, and laboratory quality management systems. 

• Development/management of biorepository databases like Freezerworks. This can involve building adequate IT infrastructure to track and monitor specimen location, handling, processing, checking-in and checking-out of biological materials and associated data sets representing a number of large-scale case-control and longitudinal studies
• Developing specimen life-cycle attributes with the knowledge of relational database structures
• Cataloguing, processing, and storing biologic samples while observing all safety guidelines
• Nucleic acid extraction (DNA and RNA), purification and evaluation of quality
• Laboratory testing that employs a variety of molecular techniques (such as PCR, real-time PCR, and next generation sequencing) related to genotyping/variant determination, gene copy number determination, DNA methylation and gene expression projects; metabolic, cytokine and other assays may also be studied
• Participating in assay optimization and development to carry out molecular epidemiologic studies that may be focused on pathways involved with neuro-immune regulation, ion channels, and transporters
• Documentation of laboratory activities, data, summaries
• Quality control and safety procedures necessary for the performance of laboratory protocols and working with biohazard materials
• Participating in laboratory quality management activities
• Participating in the weekly Branch meetings

The qualified candidate should have received a bachelor's or master's degree in one of the relevant fields. Degree must have been received within five years of the appointment start date.

• Prior experience with biorepository establishment, database structure and management
• Prior experience with molecular biology methods including next generation sequencing, and in the use of bioinformatics pipelines
• Familiarity with biological pathways

• Citizenship: LPR or U.S. Citizen
• Degree: Bachelor's Degree or Master's Degree received within the last 60 month(s).
• Discipline(s):
  • Chemistry and Materials Sciences (1 )
  • Computer, Information, and Data Sciences (2 )
  • Engineering (2 )
  • Life Health and Medical Sciences (48 )