Research Associate, Research Scientist

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Job Title:
Research Associate
Location
- Johnston/IA/USA/50131
Duration- 12 months contract

Job Description:

looking for a responsible and highly motivated Research Associate to join Transgene expression engineering team. Research associate position with this group is responsible in performing basic molecular biology techniques for expression element discovery, plant sample collection and submition to protein core technologies for expression analysis, data management and providing timely and quality results to SRA's and scientists within the team.

Responsibilities:

• Designing and planning experiments with timelines
• Ensure that all experiments are planned on time, and in a safe manner
• Perform vector construction and Agrobacterium transformation with QC
• Perform transient assays developed by the Transgene expression engineering team
• Phenotyping of transgenic plants and transgene expression analysis
• Data analysis and reporting
• Continually look for process improvement opportunities and help the team to implement solutions
• Troubleshooting of processes as needed
• Make detailed observations, analyze data and interpret results
• Collaborate with colleagues in controlled environment for plant sample collection
• Promotion of a safe working environment.
• Perform routine lab support tasks like plasmid isolation, agrobacterium transformation and other molecular biology techniques developed by SRA's in the team

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Molecular biology, crop sciences, biochemistry or or related science fields with 1-3 years of working experience or equivalent amounts of relevant education and experience.
• Strong computer skills and experience with data analysis
• Prior experience working in a research laboratory and field is required
• Experience with problem identification, problem solving and process improvement
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment
• Attention to detail and ability to stay focused while performing repetitive tasks
• Self-motivated, goal-oriented, and committed to personal/technical growth
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects/ experiments
• Understanding principles of experiment design, and statistical data analyses is desired.
• Excellent organizational skills and record keeping ability

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