The role

We are building an automated biology platform and, and we are looking for a molecular biologist / research scientist to handle the core wet lab work: selection design, library construction, and readouts.

Responsibilities

- Run end to end workflows, library through selection to characterized hits

- Design selection strategy: stringency schedules, bottlenecks, counter-selections

- Design FACS sorting and screening strategies, and interpret population trajectories across rounds

Must-haves

1. Cell culture: hands-on experience, ideally with yeast.

2. Molecular cloning: fundamentals (PCR amplification, Gibson assembly, Golden Gate assembly, transformations); experience with sequencing services.

3. Flow cytometry/FACS: gating strategies, staining, sample loading.

Nice-to-haves

- Yeast genetics and surface display
- OrthoRep or other continuous hypermutation systems
- phage display or PACE
- SPR/BLI
- NGS library prep and analysis
- protein expression and purification
- Opentrons, Hamilton, Tecan, or eVOLVER-class hardware.

If you have never worked in yeast, apply anyway. We would rather hire for selection judgment and long-run discipline, and teach the organism.

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📌 Molecular Biologist / Research Scientist (Lockhart Shire Council)
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📍 Lockhart Shire Council