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Staff Research Associate II
Insectary Biologist

The primary responsibility of the VGL Insectary Biologist is overseeing the operation of insectary facilities and rearing mosquito colonies. This includes maintenance and safety of laboratory insectaries, rearing mosquito strains, ordering insectary supplies, maintaining insectary equipment, and troubleshooting insect rearing protocols. In addition, the Insectary Biologist will have responsibility for designing and executing experimental work focused on live mosquitoes and for assisting with other lab member’s projects that require the use of live mosquitoes. This includes research conducted at VGL facilities in UC Davis and with our entomology team on-site in São Tomé & Príncipe (west Africa). In addition to mosquito maintenance and experimental work, the Insectary Biologist will assist with basic molecular biology work, including automated DNA extraction, high-throughput genotyping and the preparation of libraries for whole genome sequencing (training provided).
Must be available to work in Africa for periods of at least six weeks.

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