Scientist I, Synthetic Biology

📋 Description

• Build pooled screening workflows to achieve scalable protein binding and functional readouts, from
• Collaboratively establish reliable assay conditions, quantitative measures, and handoff plans that
• Identify opportunities to test unconventional hypotheses, applying the strongest concepts for drug
• Synthesize findings into clear recommendations, and present them in presentations and in writing to
• Use quantitative reasoning, modeling, and critical literature review to inform experimental choices

🎯 Requirements

• PhD in synthetic or systems biology, bioengineering or a related field with 0-1 year of experience
• Hands-on experience designing and running pooled binding screens, ideally using both purified
• For one of the roles: strong cell-culture skills, including engineering cell lines for screening
• Experience designing and building pooled DNA libraries, and using next-generation sequencing to
• Familiarity with recombinant protein production, purification, and/or binding assays is an advantage
• Ability to interpret complex screening data and write scripts in Python or a similar language