Senior Research Associate, Delivery & Transformation (Contract)
Core
Develop RNA-based agricultural products by establishing plant protoplast transient expression systems, phenotyping plants for disease symptoms, and optimizing plant delivery and transformation methods.
Role type
Senior Research Associate (Contract)
Builds
Innovative RNA-based agricultural products
Domain
Agricultural biotechnology / Plant science
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | research
Required skills
Plant protoplast transient expression systems, plant delivery techniques (Agrobacterium, biolistic, nanoparticle, viral), plant disease symptom phenotyping, laboratory troubleshooting, experimental protocol optimization
Preferred skills
Industry experience, project management, leadership
Technologies
Agrobacterium, biolistic, nanoparticle, viral vectors
Responsibilities
Establish and use plant protoplast transient expression systems; phenotype plants for disease symptoms; troubleshoot transformation protocols and solve experimental problems; optimize and execute plant delivery and transformation methods
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC