6 Research Technician - Department of Plant Sciences: Center for Agricultural Synthetic Biology Jobs in Knoxville, TN
University of Tennessee, Knoxville is Hiring a Research Technician - Department of Plant Sciences: Center for Agricultural Synthetic Biology Near Knoxville, TN
: A full-time research technician position is available in the laboratory of Dr. C. Neal Stewart within the Department of Plant Sciences and affiliated with the Center for Agricultural Synthetic Biology. This position is grant-funded and continued employment contingent upon funding. The research technician will assist in the improvement of plants through genetic engineering and synthetic biology to help address real world challenges in agriculture and the environment. A qualified candidate must be to able assist in performing PCR, plasmid DNA isolation, restriction enzyme digestions, gel extractions, yeast transformation, plant transformation, preparation of media and buffers, plant care, and other tasks as needed.
Lab website: https://ag.tennessee.edu/racheff/Pages/default.aspx
Requirements:
- General knowledge of molecular biology concepts and procedures. Bachelor’s degree required in Plant biology, molecular biology, genetics, biochemistry, or any other related field. (Master’s degree and 1-2 years’ experience preferred.)
- Preference will be given to applicants with experience, excellent problem-solving skills, and considerable drive and motivation.
- Further, the position requires excellent written and oral communication skills and the ability to work in a highly interdisciplinary team-based environment.
- The applicant must be willing to work in a team environment with a diversity of people.
Interested applicants should apply at http://hr.utk.edu/recruitment/ and attach 1) a cover letter stating their research experience, interests and possible starting date, 2) their CV, and 3) the names, telephone numbers and e-mail addresses of three references.
Job Summary
Full Time
$56k-79k (estimate)
04/13/2024
06/12/2024
utk.edu
FARRAGUT, TN
7,500 - 15,000
1794
SHERRY BARR
$1B - $3B
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About University of Tennessee, Knoxville
The University of Tennessee is a public land-grant university headquartered at Knoxville. Founded in 1794, it is the flagship institution of the statewide University of Tennessee system with nine undergraduate departments and eleven graduate departments and hosts more than 26,000 students from all 50 states and more than 100 foreign countries. In its 2009 ranking of universities, U.S. News & World Report ranked UT 118th among national universities and 52nd among public institutions of higher learning. Its ties to Oak Ridge National Laboratory, established under UT President Andrew Holt and con...tinued under the UT-Battelle partnership, have positioned the University as co-manager and allow for considerable research opportunities for faculty and students enjoyed by few other institutions of comparable standing. Also affiliated with the University are the Howard H. Baker, Jr. Center for Public Policy, the University of Tennessee Anthropological Research Facility, and the University of Tennessee Arboretum, which occupies 250 acres of nearby Oak Ridge, Tennessee and features hundreds of species of plants indigenous to the region. The University is a direct partner of the University of Tennessee Medical Center, the only Level I trauma center in the East Tennessee region and a self-proclaimed 'teaching hospital' due to its aggressive medical research programs and position as the primary career destination for most medical school graduates of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center at Memphis.
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