Biologist

Overview

We are currently searching for a Biologist to provide support to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This opportunity is a full-time position with MSC and it is on-site in Hamilton, MT.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Conduct standard cloning and recombinant DNA methodologies.
• Grow, genetically manipulate and phenotypically characterize BSL-2 bacterial pathogen Borrelia burgdorferi in compliance with biosafety standards.
• Provide experimental infect laboratory mice with B. burgdorferi by needle inoculation or tick bite.
• Experimentally manipulate Ixodes dammini ticks, including acquisition and transmission of B. burgdorferi through feeding on laboratory mice.
• Dissect infected mice and ticks for isolation of B. burgdorferi, purification of nucleic acids, and imaging by electron microscopy and high-resolution light microscopy.
• Perform bioinformatic analyses of quantitative, genome-wide, nucleic acid sequence data.
• Maintain familiarity with pertinent scientific literature
• Write, prepare, submit and publish papers describing experimental findings in peer-reviewed scientific journals.
• Deliver oral presentations and effectively communicate with senior colleagues and collaborators.
• Attend and participate in seminars, conferences, weekly lab and group meetings.
• Maintain physical laboratory space as needed to conduct experiments in compliance with safety and biosafety standards.

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Requirements

• Ph.D. and at least six (6) years of experience in microbiological, molecular-genetic and bioinformatic investigations of bacterial pathogens, including the agent of Lyme disease, Borrelia burgdorferi.
• Ability to aseptically propagate Borrelia burgdorferi in solid and liquid media under Biosafety Level 2 standards.
• Ability to genetically transform Borrelia burgdorferi and recover clonal transfomants as colonies in selective solid media.
• Ability to characterize the phenotype and genotype of Borrelia burgdorferi clones by microscopy, bioinformatic analyses of DNA and RNA, and protein content.
• Ability to conduct infection studies of Borrelia burdorferi in the murine host and Ixodid tick vector.
• Ability to write, submit and publish papers describing research in peer-reviewed journals.
• Ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with intramural and extramural colleagues.

Company Description

Dovel Technologies and its Family of Companies (Medical Science & Computing and Ace Info Solutions) was acquired in October 2021.

Guidehouse is a leading global provider of consulting services to the public sector and commercial markets, with broad capabilities in management, technology, and risk consulting. By combining our public and private sector expertise, we help clients address their most complex challenges and navigate significant regulatory pressures focusing on transformational change, business resiliency, and technology-driven innovation. Across a range of advisory, consulting, outsourcing, and digital services, we create scalable, innovative solutions that help our clients outwit complexity and position them for future growth and success. The company has more than 12,000 professionals in over 50 locations globally. Guidehouse is a Veritas Capital portfolio company, led by seasoned professionals with proven and diverse expertise in traditional and emerging technologies, markets, and agenda-setting issues driving national and global economies.

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