Client Technologies Technician jobs in Missouri

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General BLX Lab & Greenhouse Technician

Clarkson Valley, MO (St. Louis, MO)

$19/hour

11-mo. contract -- extension highly likely

The hiring manager will review candidates with a bachelor's degree and internship experience -- entry level position.

DEPARTMENT/TEAM DESCRIPTION- BLX Corn and Soy crop efficiency

POSITION DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide general assistance to greenhouse trials including growing plants, maintaining fertilization treatments, supporting measurements and destructively harvesting plants.
• Provide general assistance to standard molecular biology workflow such as DNA extraction, quantification, microbiological workflow such as growing microbes in lab, CFU (Colony Forming Unit) estimation
• Collaborate with a team to design, develop and implement in-vitro assays to study the interaction of beneficial microbes and microbial communities relevant to agriculturally relevant crops such as corn, soybean etc.
• Provide assistance in developing novel or improving implemented protocols for evaluating plant-microbe interactions.
• Help maintain lab safety compliance.
• Responsible for standard microbiological lab equipment specific to research expertise, including basic maintenance.
• Contribute to the overall improvement of microbiology functional platforms, collaborate with other R&D functions.
• Make oral and written reports/presentations from assays to enable stakeholders to make appropriate decisions
• Secure IP Protection.

REQUIREMENTS/PREFERENCES

Education Requirement(s):

• B.S. with minimum 2 years' work experience in relevant field of plant physiology and/or Microbiology/Molecular Biology

Skill & Competency Requirements:

• Relevant experience in the beneficial plant microbe interaction, soil science, soil microbiology, microbial biology, Plant Molecular Biology and/or closely related fields
• Scientific background in Biologics or related field and experience with interdisciplinary approaches to solve scientific challenges
• Capable of working both within a group and independently on assignments. Flexibility and being a team player is essential for this function

Preferences: (list nice-to-haves such a specific knowledge items, certifications, skills, abilities, etc.)

• Effectively communicate (written and verbal) research findings.