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Senior Research Scientist (2 vacancies) – KEMRI CPHR Kisumu

Kisumu Full Time

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  • Date posted

    September 23, 2025

  • Closing date

    September 23, 2025

  • Hiring location

    Kisumu

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Description

 

Key Responsibilities:

  • 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:

#Description.Requirement Type
1At least three (3) years of relevant work experience in wet laboratory procedures including sample processing, DNA extraction and PCRMandatory
2Master’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
3At least 2 years of laboratory research experience in malaria or other childhood diseases in Kenya or sub-Saharan Africa;Mandatory
4Strong 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
5Analytical skills and use of at least one statistical software package, e.g. SPSS, STATA, SAS, R, Python;Mandatory
6Experience working in collaboration with multiple agencies/partners;Mandatory
7Strategic thinking;Skills & Competencies
8Analytical skills;Skills & Competencies
9Lab technique troubleshooting skills;Skills & Competencies
10Creativity and Innovativeness;Skills & Competencies
11Critical thinking skills;Skills & Competencies
12Communication and reporting skills;Skills & Competencies
13Interpersonal and negotiation skills.Skills & Competencies
14Team playerSkills & Competencies

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