The Department of Entomology at the University of California, Riverside, invites applicants for an Assistant Project Scientist (full-time) in Computational Biology and Entomology to conduct basic and applied research in the laboratory of Dr. Luciano Cosme in Riverside, CA. This position will start on October 1, 2024. The purpose of this position is to perform research and project activities in the following areas: arbovirus and insect-specific virus detection using molecular diagnostics (qPCR, small RNA sequencing), insect-specific virus sequencing and phylogenetic analysis, virome analysis, bacterial metagenomics, and gene expression analysis (RT-qPCR, RNAseq). Isolate HMW-DNA for haplotagging. Perform whole genome seque