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Biologist

Chesterfield, MO 63017

Posted: 03/08/2025 Employment Type: Contract Job Category: Scientific Job Number: 618156 Is job remote?: No Country: United States

Job Description

Target Pay Rate: 30-38.63/hr **salary will be commensurate with experience 

Description:
  Position will help support molecular disease phenotyping workflows and applied plant pathology assays. Applicants will be extracting DNA from various plant, fungal and nematode tissues, processing DNA samples, verifying DNA quality and quantity, running quantitative PCR experiments and performing other various tasks for different molecular workflows including molecular cloning and supporting leaf disc-based assays. Applicant not expected to design own experiments but will be following protocols and work closely with Scientist colleagues. Applicants will be maintaining experiments within growth chambers including cleaning and maintenance of area. Work will focus on plant care; planting, watering, disease application, rating of plant diseases, and data collection. Other opportunities in plant pathology screening of nematodes may also be obtained.
Requires a bachelor's degree and 3-6 years of experience in the field or in a related area.
Job requires a strong molecular biology background with experience working with micropipettes, quantitative PCR, molecular cloning, plant maintenance, landscaping or nursery experience, aseptic/sterile technique working in laminar flow or bio-control hoods, and must be comfortable wearing N95 respirators. Applicant must have experience with common computer software; e.g. MS Office suite. If the applicant has some coursework or work experience in microbiology techniques, fungal or nematode plant pathology, chemical handling/spraying, and database/analysis software experience is a plus but not required.
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