Job Description
Overview:
TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide.
Job Title: Molecular Biology Associate
Location: Durham, NC 27709
Duration: 6 Months
Job Type: Temporary Assignment
Work Type: Onsite
Job Description:
- Work in a fast-paced, dynamic, agricultural biotechnology team focused on innovating new breeding technologies to deliver higher quality seeds to benefit farmers.
- Work with a team of knowledgeable researchers to solve challenges collectively.
- Carry out guided research experiments involving molecular biology.
- Collect and summarize data and attend weekly team meeting.
- Work in the lab (80%), in-office on the computer (10%), and green house (5%). Occasionally work weekends as-needed.
Education:
- Bachelors in Molecular Biology, Biotechnology, Plant Biology, Plant Genetics or related field.
Research Skills Preferred:
- Experience in molecular cloning including vector design, assembly, PCR amplification and gel electrophoresis, ligation reactions, and sequence analysis.
- Experience with troubleshooting PCR and/or enzymatic assays is a plus.
- Experience with sterile plant tissue culture, preferred
- Experience with confocal or other light microscopy, preferred
- Knowledge and/or experience in plant genetics and physiology.
- Strong written and spoken communication skills.
- Ability to work well in a dynamic, collaborative team environment.
The Ideal Candidate:
- Has a high level of personal integrity, which is critical both for the faithful execution of experimental designs and the appropriate documenting of results.
- Communicate effectively and work collaboratively with multifunctional supporting groups and as part of teams.
- Compile and communicate regular reports on research progress including basic data analysis in Microsoft Excel or similar.
- Can maneuver and deliver results in a fast-changing environment.
- Works independently and under limited supervision to plan and carry out research experiments
TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Durham, NC |
| Industry | Computer/IT Services |
| Salary | $25 |
| Company Size | 100 to 499 employees |
| Year Founded | 2009 |
| Website | http://www.tekwissen.com/ |
About Company
WE THE TEKWISSEN PEOPLE
TekWissen offers you a broader portfolio of services, industry-leading solutions, and the meaningful innovations that give you greater flexibility and speed to respond to market dynamics, reduced costs and risk to improve enterprise performance, and increased productivity to enable growth.
To keep pace with global market demands, TekWissen keeps its finger on the pulse of change. Our organized approach to guiding a project from its inception to closure. Managing projects is becoming more and more important as we enter the digital era. To cope with the pace that this transition demands, a method is required to manage projects so they can yield quality work, while incorporating efficient use of time and resources.
Project involves identifying which quality standards are relevant to the project and determining how to satisfy them.
It is important to perform quality planning during the Planning Process and should be done alongside the other project planning processes because changes in the quality will likely require changes in the other planning processes, or the desired product quality may require a detailed risk analysis of an identified problem. It is important to remember that quality should be planned, designed, then built in, not added on after the fact.
Capabilities and accomplishments in one TekWissen business enhance the opportunity for success in the others. Put simply, TekWissen's unique combination of attributes promotes success.Skills
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