**Position Objective:** The Scientist will provide support to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) within the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

**Duties and Responsibilities:**

+ Advance the science in the laboratory through new procedures and discoveries.
+ Advance the science through proposing and investigating new target projects for initiation based on novelty and relevance to human health.
+ Independently direct and conduct special research projects that have a high priority for the laboratory with special emphasis in the development of novel research treatments.
+ Provide advice and assistance to users in designing experiments, using instrumentation, data acquisition and analysis, and preparing figures for publication.
+ Participate in the laboratory’s review of future proposals for resource allocations.
+ Oversee project data quality; analyze and interpret project data.
+ Maintain a detailed and up-to-date elec...