Research Associate participates in planning, design, execution, and management of research projects in a foundational (basic) biological/health science research laboratory investigating the microbial genetic determinants of Clostridioides difficile infection in the Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity; participates in developing and implementing goals and objectives of studies; designs and executes complex laboratory experiments; performs advanced microbiology, next-generation sequencing, biochemistry, genetics, and computational biology techniques and procedures; collects, analyzes and interprets research data; assists with development and implementation of new and/or revised research methodologies and techniques; tests experimental designs, sa