What are the responsibilities and job description for the Scientist - Macroalgal / Plant Cell Culture position at CarbonDrop?
About CarbonDrop
CarbonDrop is on a mission to tackle climate change at a truly impactful scale, with a goal to capture gigatons of CO2 per year at a cost orders of magnitude lower than current technologies. Our novel approach takes advantage of photosynthesis to enhance carbon capture and sequester CO2 at the gigaton scale over geologically-relevant timescales. CarbonDrop aims to capture CO2 at the scale required to allow a carbon neutral energy future to emerge without compromising food sources or world economic development.
What You’ll Do
- Plan and conduct research for developing an understanding of the biology and physiology of macroalgae
- Develop macroalgal cell culture methods, including protoplasting, protoplast propagation and induction of cellular differentiation
- Develop macroalgal genetic engineering tools including protoplast transformation assays and phenotyping
- Assist in the development of transformation protocols, including biolistics and Agrobacterium -mediated transformation
- Work collaboratively in a team science environment with exceptional computational and molecular biologists, strain engineers, biochemists and phycologists
- Conduct wet lab experiments, data analysis and communicate results to the Director of Scientific Research and broader team
- Document hardware design, experimental details and findings
- Help team members perform their research projects in a collaborative manner, maintain research equipment and maintain and order reagents
Who You Are
Bonus If You
Compensation
Compensation for this position is commensurate with research experience, academic credentials, relevant qualifications and other job related skills. The salary range for this position is $135k-175k. We also offer equity in an early-stage startup and the benefits listed below.
Benefits
Health insurance
Vision insurance
Dental insurance
Unlimited vacation
Salary : $135,000 - $175,000