Metabolic Engineer

1 week ago

Provo, Utah, United States GForce Life Sciences Full time
About the Role

GForce Life Sciences is seeking an experienced Metabolic Engineer to lead the development of micro-organism based chemical production, fulfilling research and development goals of the company.

Key Responsibilities
  • Design, execute and analyze strain construction and strain improvement strategies to produce molecules of interest through engineered metabolic pathways.
  • Expedite the process improvement and optimization with innovative technical solutions for development of biological products.
  • Develop and document improved methods for novel products to accelerate product development, scale-up and implementation.
  • Apply advanced statistical tools and write experimental reports for supporting business and R&D needs.
  • Use technical writing expertise to author proposals and reports for internal and external research clients.
  • Design and execute analytical protocols to quantify and qualify cultured organisms as well as products produced.
Requirements
  • PhD degree in molecular biology, biotechnology, chemical engineering, or related discipline.
  • 3+ years of experience (post-PhD) working in academic and/or industrial research laboratory.
  • Prior experience in the engineering of metabolic pathways in microorganisms.
  • Experience with common molecular biology techniques: SDS-PAGE, Western Blot, PCR, transformation, plasmid construction, etc.
  • Experience with advanced molecular biology techniques: Whole plasmid sequencing, pathway balancing, genomic integration, construction of metabolic circuits etc.
  • Experience with analytical instruments including GC and HPLC.
  • Demonstrated expertise in balancing of metabolic pathways.
  • Experience in industrial strain improvement.
  • Experience in engineering industrial microbial organisms outside of E. coli.
  • Demonstrated excellent written communication skills through intellectual property authorship or funded grant applications.

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