Job Description
**Overview**
Element has a current opening for a **Microbiologist II** at our North Liberty, IA location. Under general direction, the **Microbiologist II** performs moderate to highly complex laboratory testing and analysis on bacterial and fungal isolates to provide information to the SENTRY program, new drug development protocols and clinical trial protocols. Utilizes professional skill and judgement to perform a variety of microbiology procedures within the laboratory.
**Responsibilities**
+ Processes incoming bacterial and fungal isolates following safety guidelines and using requiredPPE, selects and labels appropriate media and properly streaks for isolation.
+ Assesses isolates that are received using professional judgment, knowledge of organismcharacteristics, MALDI-TOF and biochemical tests to properly identify organisms prior to banking.
+ Performs MALDI-TOF isolate identifications and interprets results.
+ Properly pulls frozen isolates fr...
Element has a current opening for a **Microbiologist II** at our North Liberty, IA location. Under general direction, the **Microbiologist II** performs moderate to highly complex laboratory testing and analysis on bacterial and fungal isolates to provide information to the SENTRY program, new drug development protocols and clinical trial protocols. Utilizes professional skill and judgement to perform a variety of microbiology procedures within the laboratory.
**Responsibilities**
+ Processes incoming bacterial and fungal isolates following safety guidelines and using requiredPPE, selects and labels appropriate media and properly streaks for isolation.
+ Assesses isolates that are received using professional judgment, knowledge of organismcharacteristics, MALDI-TOF and biochemical tests to properly identify organisms prior to banking.
+ Performs MALDI-TOF isolate identifications and interprets results.
+ Properly pulls frozen isolates fr...