Senior Research Associate, Delivery & Transformation (Contract)

About the role

Are you a highly motivated and driven researcher who wants to contribute to developing products for sustainable agriculture? We are seeking a determined, impact-driven Contract Senior Research Associate to join our Delivery and Transformation team. The successful candidate will be highly organized and comfortable working as an integral member of a highly collaborative and interdisciplinary team in a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment. Excellent analytical, problem-solving, communication, record-keeping, and teamwork skills will be critical.

Responsibilities

• Working with a team of scientists to innovate, optimize, and execute various plant delivery and transformation methods.
• Developing and troubleshooting transformation protocols, solving difficult experimental problems, and proposing solutions related to transformation methods and bioassays.
• Assisting in plant phenotyping and imaging.
• Performing bacterial plasmid transfections.
• Sampling plants for molecular assays used as experimental readouts.
• PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS
• MS in Plant Science, Plant Pathology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, or a related discipline with at least 3 years of full-time professional laboratory experience or a BS in one of these fields with at least 5 years of full-time professional laboratory experience.
• Experience working in industry is a plus.
• ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
• Experience with developing, onboarding, and using common plant transformation methods, such as Agrobacterium and biolistic approaches.
• Expertise in handling plant tissues and sampling plants for assays.
• Experience with DNA, RNA, and protein isolation and purification.
• Experience with RNA-related workflows and RNA-protein interaction is a plus.
• Hands-on experience with bacterial, fungal, and/or viral pathogens in economically important crops a plus.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to work with a diverse interdisciplinary team.
• Demonstrated organizational and record-keeping skills.
• Enthusiasm for science and willingness to adapt to the changing needs of a fast-paced research and development effort.
• Demonstrated ability to rapidly learn new techniques; efficiently develop, troubleshoot, and utilize lab protocols; and manage multiple experimental workflows.
• A strong self-starter, results-oriented with strong attention to detail.
• Location: Durham, NC
• ABOUT FLAGSHIP PIONEERING:
• At Flagship, we accept impossible missions to enable bigger leaps. Our core values guide us through uncertainty and toward lasting impact.
• We are an equal opportunity employer . All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
• Recruitment & Staffing Agencies : Flagship Pioneering and its affiliated Flagship Lab companies (collectively, "FSP") do not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of uns

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COMPANY DESCRIPTION Terrana Biosciences is one of the latest companies founded through Flagship Pioneering's venture creation engine, where companies such as Moderna Therapeutics and Evelo Therapeutics were conceived and created. Since Flagship's founding in 2000, the firm has originated and fostered the development of nearly 100 scientific ventures resulting in $19+ billion in aggregate value, 500+ issued patents, and more than 50 clinical trials for novel therapeutic agents. Arana Biosciences is integrating the latest developments in molecular biology and plant biology to create a new platform technology that enables adaptive, targeted and sustainable solutions in agriculture.

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