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This position is located in the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC), Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory
The incumbent serves as a Support Scientist on an interdisciplinary team and provides computational and bioinformatics support to research projects that conduct molecular biology and omics (genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, etc.) studies on plant pathogens and pathogen-host interactions; constructs databases and develops algorithms to analyze omics and biological data.
08/03/2022 to 08/12/2022
$50,643 - $80,532 per year
GS 7 - 9
No
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
No
Permanent
Full-time
Competitive
11
No
No
ARS-S22NEA-11588539-WC
668963600
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