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Synthetic Biology Senior Research Associate

Employer
LanzaTech
Location
Skokie, Illinois, US
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
Jan 17, 2022

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Sector
Academic / Research
Field
Conservation science
Discipline
Biology, Climate Change
Salary Type
Salary
Employment Type
Full time
Job Description
Company Overview

Mission-driven LanzaTech is a revolutionary solution to climate change, capturing pollution to clean our skies and oceans and create new high value products for a sustainable future. LanzaTech captures pollution to make fuels and chemicals, including sustainable jet fuel and products you use every day. The technology is like retrofitting a brewery onto an emission source like a steel mill or a landfill site, but instead of using sugars and yeast to make beer, pollution is converted by biology to fuels and chemicals! Imagine a day when your plane is powered by recycled emissions, when your yoga pants started life as pollution from a steel mill. This future is possible using LanzaTech technology.
  • 2021 Biofuels Digest #1 Hottest Company in Renewable Fuels, Chemicals & Biomaterials
  • 2020 Biofuels Digest #3 Best Company to work for in the Advanced Bioeconomy
  • 2020 Fast Company World Changing Company
  • 2020 CNBC #43 on Top 50 Disrupter Companies list
  • 2019 Chicago Innovation Awards Winner
  • 2019 Fortune Magazine - Change the World - Companies to watch
  • 2019 Kirkpatrick Chemical Engineering Achievement Award
  • LanzaTech is committed to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion as part of our mission, culture & core values

This position is open to candidates authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis for any employer. LanzaTech is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.

About the Role

The leading gas fermenting company in the biofuel and biochemical field, LanzaTech operates reactors at all scales, from the laboratory to commercial plants, including one of the largest dedicated gas fermentation R&D facilities in the world, and has pioneered bioengineering of our microbial biocatalyst on a first-of-kind anerobic biofoundry platform. The Synthetic Biology team collaborates with research teams across the organization to develop, engineer and optimize our proprietary microbes through the application of state-of-the-art genetic tools and our deep understanding of biochemistry, microbial metabolism, and metabolic engineering. We are currently seeking multiple Senior Research Associates to join our team. In this role, successful candidates will apply their knowledge and skills in metabolic engineering and synthetic biology to continuously improve our microbes and gas fermentation process. This includes the development, application, and analysis of genetic tools and strain engineering techniques to support LanzaTech's commercial projects and business objectives.

Responsibilities
  • Genetic modification and metabolic engineering of LanzaTech proprietary microbes for new and improved functions or molecules of interest.
  • High-throughput cultivation and screening of LanzaTech proprietary microbes
  • Develop research plans and design of genetic constructs, pathways, and experiments.
  • Work collaboratively across cross-department technical teams for project planning and execution.
  • Use laboratory management systems, in-house experimental design tools, and computational tools to improve efficiency in design, execution, and interpretation of experiments.
  • Maintain an up-to-date laboratory notebook tracking experiments, data, and interpretation of results.
  • Attend seminars and participate in group and project meetings or lab activities as required.
  • Follow all safety requirements for working in the offices and laboratories, including completing any required trainings. Maintain a clean and functional laboratory space.
  • Provide regular updates on project status to all stakeholders and team members.

Requirements
  • M.Sc. or B.Sc. in Synthetic Biology, Bioengineering, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Chemical Engineering or a related field with 1-3 years of relevant industry experience in a laboratory setting.
  • Demonstrated experience engineering biological organisms and/or applying metabolic engineering strategies.
  • Prior experience with synthetic biology and strain engineering techniques including the design, cloning and assembly of multi-fragment DNA constructs for heterologous pathway expression, CRISPR and homologous recombination. · Independent and highly self-motivated. Excellent communication skills and team-work oriented.
  • Strong organizational, time management, and interpersonal skills. Ability to multi-task and keep track of multiple tasks and projects at the same time. High attention to detail and careful record keeping.
  • Awareness of safety issues in the work environment.

Highly Preferred
  • Experience with autotrophic microbes
  • Experience working with anaerobic microbes or industrial organisms.
  • Experience with gas fermentation.

Location
  • LanzaTech Headquarters
  • Skokie, IL USA

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