North Carolina State University
Research Assistant - Entomology and Plant Pathology
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Job Description
- Req#: 197851
- Conducting experimental (bench) work according to the work plan,
- Recording, summarizing, and reporting results in writing or orally to the Project Lead,
- Operating and maintaining lab equipment
- Maintaining greenhouse plants
- Cleaning and maintaining general lab areas and labware
- Preparing media and reagents
- Autoclaving
Project Title: Quarantine Plant Pathogens Reference Material and Methods Development and Validation in support of APHIS PPQ safeguarding mission.
The Research Assistant will work under the general supervision of a Project Leader to support projects on the development and validation of molecular and biochemical methods for the detection and identification of plant pests/pathogens, as directed.
Work duties will includeThe position is based at the APHIS-PPQ-S&T Plant Pathogen Confirmatory Diagnostics Laboratory in Laurel, MD. The incumbent must be a U.S. citizen or have permission to work in the U.S.About the company
North Carolina State University is a public land-grant research university in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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