Microbiologist at Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories Professional Scientific Services, LLC in Kalamazoo, Michigan

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The work we do at Eurofins matters, and so do our employees. At Eurofins, we put a focus on your professional growth. We provide our employees the ability to break into the biopharmaceutical industry and grow from the bottom up. We have the supportive teams and tools available to invest in you while also affording you work-life balance and a competitive benefits package.


Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins works with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate. Eurofins believes it is a global leader in food, environmental, pharmaceutical and cosmetics products testing and in agroscience CRO services. It is also one of the global independent market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, CDMO, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies.


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Job Description

• Process specimens for veterinary pathogen isolation


• Using appropriate diagnostic microbiology methods, Identify bacterial pathogens from diagnostic specimensfrom veterinary samples.


• As needed, update appropriate methods to identify veterinary pathogens from specimens by phenotypic and other methods. Anaerobic microbiology may be required in some cases


• Conduct bacterial plate counts, using existing methods and in some cases update or modify these methods according to study needs.


• Evaluate existing methods, and as appropriate develop or modify methods for bacterial enumeration and identification from study samples


• Review microbiological methods in draft protocols and provide feedback to research study director to assure microbiology methods used in protocol are appropriate to study goals.


• Prepare live bacterial cultures in replicate that meet research study specifications, according to study timing. Apply existing lab methods and in some cases develop or modify methods to produce replicate, reproducible cultures of bacteria to be used in bacterial vaccine development and research


• Prepare sterile bacteriological growth media


• Data entry, verification and handling, record keeping, in accordance with study protocol and applicable Standard Operating Procedures.


• Anticipate study supply needs and assure stock laboratory supplies to enable timely conduct of microbiological support of studies (usually more than one study is ongoing: studies, or processing of samples from different studies will be overlapping) according to project timelines. Assure laboratory supplies are in place to support diagnostic microbiology support for specimens from animals on farm.


• General laboratory housekeeping duties

• Microbiology degree: Bachelor's with 3-5years of experience


• Hands on experience with the below skills/microbiological techniques:
  
  
  • Pipetting skills
  
  
  • Aseptic technique
  
  
  • Plate streaking
  
  
  • Bacterial or mammalian cell culture
  
  
  • Bacterial isolation / identification
  
  
  • Experience with pathogens
  
  
  • Environmental monitoring
  
  
  • Sterility testing
  
  
  • Diagnostics experience
  
  
  
  


• Virology and tissue culture experience is a plus


• GMP/GLP Experience is preferred, but not required

• Position is full-time, first shift, Monday-Friday 8AM-5PM.


• Candidates located within a commutable distance of Kalamazoo, MIare encouraged to apply.


• Excellent full-time benefits including comprehensive medical coverage, dental, and vision options


• Life and disability insurance


• 401(k) with company match


• Paid vacation and holidays


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