Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) is a State Corporation established through the Science and Technology (Amendment) Act of 1979, which has since been amended to Science, Technology and Innovation Act 2013. The 1979 Act established KEMRI as a National body responsible for carrying out health research in Kenya.
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Senior Research Scientist - KEMRI CPHR Kisumu - 2 Posts
Conduct laboratory experiments by as per study protocol following SOPs in the wet lab including single and multiplex PCRs, gel electrophoresis, capillary electrophoresis and amplicon NGS using the ONT Nanopore platform;
Perform HRP2/3 gene deletions in P. falciparum using a novel multiplex bead-based assay (MBA) on MAGPIX® System
Development of laboratory SOPs
Maintenance of good laboratory and clinical practice and quality laboratory standards
Preparation of project progress reports and submission of the same to the Head of KEMRI Malaria Division at CGHR and CDC project PI and other CDC collaborators in a timely fashion;
Vacancy Requirements:
At least three (3) years of relevant work experience in wet laboratory procedures including sample processing, DNA extraction and PCR Mandatory
Master’s degree in any of the following fields; Biomedical Technology, Biomedical Sciences, Laboratory Sciences, Microbiology, parasitology, immunology, molecular biology or equivalent qualifications from a recognized Institution; Mandatory
At least 2 years of laboratory research experience in malaria or other childhood diseases in Kenya or sub-Saharan Africa; Mandatory
Strong hands-on experience with current laboratory methods (wet lab including using multichannel pipettes, single and multiplex PCRs, gel electrophoresis, capillary electrophoresis and ideally some NGS experience or parasite culture experience) Mandatory
Analytical skills and use of at least one statistical software package, e.g. SPSS, STATA, SAS, R, Python; Mandatory
Experience working in collaboration with multiple agencies/partners; Mandatory
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