Post Doctoral Fellow - Microbial Strain Engineering for Biopharmaceutical Application (all genders) limited contract for 2 years
Core
Lead planning, design, and execution of molecular biological experiments and strain engineering to develop industrial-scale production processes for microbial-derived biologics.
Role type
Post Doctoral Fellow, microbial strain engineering
Builds
Industrial-scale manufacturing processes for recombinant protein production
Domain
Biopharmaceuticals, microbial biotechnology, synthetic biology
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Molecular biology, microbiology, biochemistry, microbial expression systems, recombinant protein expression technology, synthetic biology, yeast strain engineering (Pichia pastoris), DNA sequence design, modern molecular cloning techniques (Golden Gate, Gibson assembly), CRISPR technologies, NGS data analysis, programming for scientific data analysis
Preferred skills
Experience with SnapGene or Benchling, focus on yeast genome editing, ability to drive projects from idea to application
Technologies
CRISPR, NGS (ONP, Illumina), SnapGene, Benchling, Golden Gate, Gibson assembly
Responsibilities
Lead planning, design, and execution of molecular biological experiments and strain engineering; Develop, evaluate, and implement new methods or optimize existing process-relevant techniques; Establish and optimize CRISPR methods for Pichia pastoris genome editing; Perform data analysis and present results to international audiences; Contribute to collaborations with academic institutions
Seniority
Post-doctoral researcher, hands-on IC
