Senior Research Associate, Strain Engineering

The purpose of this position is to engineer and optimize yeast to produce valuable plant natural products for the pharmaceutical industry. The employee will be part of an interdisciplinary, dynamic and enthusiastic team and must demonstrate a high degree of flexibility, creativity and initiative. The employee should have a strong desire and ability to learn and contribute as both a leader and team player within a cross-functional project team.

Responsibilities include:

• Engineering yeast strains for the production of valuable plant natural products
• DNA design and construction
• Yeast DNA transformation, strain verification, and testing
• Developing independent hypotheses, experimental strategy, and strain designs
• Optimizing growth and production conditions in microtiter plates
• Evaluating engineered strains in small scale assays and working closely with the fermentation team to validate strains in tanks