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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">In partnership with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History is seeking to contract a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="outlook-search-highlight">Biorepository</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="outlook-search-highlight">Technician</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>to
serve as a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">project leader to grow a centralized repository of freshwater mussel genetic materials.<span class="apple-converted-space">
</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">The award will be for one basic year and one option year. The period of performance is anticipated to begin around October 1, 2024, but start date is
flexible. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The formal Request for Quote, Statement of Work, and associated documents can be found
<a href="https://naturalhistory.si.edu/sites/default/files/media/file/biorepositorytechnician.pdf">
here</a>. Experience working with freshwater mussels is not required. Quotes are due to<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:pfeifferj@si.edu" title="mailto:pfeifferj@si.edu"><span style="color:black">pfeifferj@si.edu</span></a> by 5:00
PM Eastern Time on Friday, July 12, 2024. If you have any questions regarding this contract, please do not hesitate to contact me. Cheers, john</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Avenir Medium";color:black;mso-ligatures:none">John Pfeiffer, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Avenir Medium";color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Research Zoologist and Curator of Bivalvia</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Avenir Medium";color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Department of Invertebrate Zoology</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Avenir Medium";color:#17B5CB;mso-ligatures:none">SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Avenir Medium";color:#0D6478;mso-ligatures:none">NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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