Jefferson, AR – The Research Microbiologist (GS-0403-13) position will be in the Division of Microbiology at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration�s National Center for Toxicological Research (FDA/NCTR). USA Jobs Posting: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/587993000. The investigator is responsible for directing a research program supporting the mission of the Division and its research focal areas. These areas include molecular mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance and virulence in pathogenic… bacteria and viruses, developing methods to detect and characterize microbial contaminants in FDA-regulated products and evaluating the impact of antimicrobial agents, food contaminants, food additives, nanomaterials and FDA regulated products on the microbiome. The research projects undertaken by the Research Microbiologist are complex and require novel approaches and the development and application of cutting edge molecular, genomic, in vitro and in vivo culture models, microbial physiology…