This position is part of the National Institute of Standards (NIST) Professional Research Experience (PREP) program. NIST recognizes that its research staff may wish to collaborate with researchers at academic institutions on specific projects of mutual interest, thus requires that such institutions must be the recipient of a PREP award. The PREP program requires staff from a wide range of backgrounds to work on scientific research in many areas. Employees in this position will perform technical work that underpins the scientific research of the collaboration.
Research Title:
Synthetic biology technician
The work will entail:
The Biosystems and Biomaterials Division at NIST is seeking to hire a biology wet lab technician with expertise in synthetic biology. The person hired for this position will work with a multidisciplinary team to support the development and execution of a variety of biological measurements.
Key responsibilities will include but are not limited to:
- Support the NIST Engineering Biology program by executing experiments and overseeing general lab operations.
- Maintain laboratory equipment and general lab supplies/consumables, with minimal oversight.
- Works with engineering biology team to prepare engineered microbial strains and DNA plasmids.
- Includes growing and characterizing microorganisms and evaluating cellular properties.
- Prepares microbial culture media; sterilizes labware; performs DNA cloning and transformations; extracts nucleic acids for molecular detection methods including nest generation sequencing.
- Keep consistent documentation and data entry.
Qualifications
- A Master’s degree in chemical engineering, bioengineering, cell biology, chemistry, physics,synthetic biology, or a related field.
- 3 years of relevant experience.
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
The university is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer that does not unlawfully discriminate in any of its programs or activities on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or on any other basis prohibited by applicable law.