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Company : Intrexon Corporation Country : Role : Research Scientist
Job date: 2014-11-20
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Company : Intrexon Corporation Country : Role : Research Scientist
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Posted On:8/25/2014 10:10:39 AM
Location:San Francisco - Bay Area
Department:Research
Job Type:Full Time
Education:Bachelors Degree
Experience:3 - 10+ Years
Reference Id:288
Travel Required:Negligible
Manage Others:No
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POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES
- Be a key member of a team that develops bioassays and high throughput screening methods to support IPD’s metabolic engineering platform in microbial hosts.
- Guide development of bioassays and high-throughput screening methods by drawing on previous experience with industrial product production.
- Propose continual process improvements for efficiency and quality.
- Work in partnership with other IPD teams (fermentation, assay development and screening, analytical) to advance projects.
- Where appropriate, collaborate with external research and commercial partners to support externally funded projects and technology transfer.
- Seek and qualify new technologies and techniques that will further advance/enable project goals.
- Prepare technical reports and make clear and succinct scientific presentations that can be shared and transferred to and from cross-functional teams.
- Contribute to the development of new project concepts.
- Maintain expert knowledge of current Bioindustrial/Metabolic Engineering literature.
- Be a conscientious laboratory citizen, adhere to EH&S standards, set a positive standard for more junior colleagues.
- PhD (3+ years, preferred), MS (7+ years) or BS (10+ years) in biochemistry, molecular biology, genetics, microbiology, chemical engineering or a related field.
- Proven track record of accomplishments, preferably in the bio-industrial, life sciences, pharmaceutical and chemical industries.
- Experience in developing high-throughput assays for microbial strain development.
- Experience with metabolic engineering for industrial product production.
- Experienced mentoring junior scientists a plus.
- Ability to understand and execute on the company’s mission and values.
- Maintain a high degree of ethical standard and trustworthiness.
- Capable of fostering change in an organization.
- Deals with conflict in a direct, positive manner.
- Ability to think and adapt to a rapidly changing environment.
- Able to reach rational conclusions through complex processing of information.
- Fosters innovation through creative solutions.
- Successful at communicating in both oral and written forms.
- Fosters constructive dialogue and feelings toward the company, coworkers, and tasks being managed.
- Well organized and capable of clear communication through technology (i.e. Outlook, PowerPoint, and other programs used to create and distribute reports and key information).
- Effective organization and implementation of group projects.
- Up-to-date knowledge on industry current events.
- Maintain a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Energized by accomplishments and excellence in the workplace.
- Capable of high performance in independent work as well as in team setting.
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