Research Associate

Research Associate – Cell Culture, Genetic Engineering & Molecular Biology

Role Description:

Come and join our rapidly growing team, work with smart and dedicated people and help develop cutting-edge technologies that will have a lasting impact on the world.

The successful candidate will assist in executing existing assays and contribute to the development of novel assays. Your ability to learn quickly, thrive in the lab environment, and optimize workflows that are important to support and help us fulfill our mission.

Here’s What You’ll do:

• Perform tissue culture and plant cell transformations
• Participate in the development of new protocols and assays to improve fiber development traits.
• Contribute to the designing and execution of experiments, including data collection, analysis and documentation
• Responsible for cell culture maintenance, including media preparation, data management related to the cultures following the standard guidelines
• Perform nucleic acid extractions, PCRs, cloning and bacterial transformation
• Deliver regular progress reports internally
• Use computational tools to quantify cell traits and perform statistical analysis

Education and Qualifications:

• B.S degree in biology, cell biology or any other related field
• Skilled in sterile technique for tissue culture
• Experience in collecting, recording and analyzing data
• Experience in plant cell transformation is highly desirable.
• Experience using GFP and other reporter genes is highly desirable.

Key competencies:

• Strong sense of ambition and initiative.
• Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills.
• Strong organizational, planning and troubleshooting skills.
• Strong scientific curiosity with a passion for problem-solving and optimization
• Learns quickly, grasps the 'essence' and can change the course quickly when needed.
• Raises the bar and is never satisfied with the status quo.
• Embraces a learning environment, open to suggestions and experimentation.