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Dedicated researcher to join an accelerating and highly collaborative research group in the University of Minnesota Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics. The researcher will carrying out large-scale molecular biology workflows including cloning, mutagenesis, and protein engineering.

The researcher will perform high-throughput biochemical assays of a wide range of complexities, and assist in assay development for basic hypothesis driven biochemical and cellular discovery projects including engineering gene-therapy products and novel immune therapeutics to treat a diverse set of diseases.

The researcher will keep clear and extensive records of scientific work and perform basic lab maintenance including reagent stock management and ordering. The researcher will participate in weekly laboratory meetings to discuss ongoing research and plan future research with the research team.

30% Molecular Biology and Cell Culture including:
DNA & RNA isolation and sequencing;
Nucleic acid gel electrophoresis;
PCR of diverse DNA templates; PCR primer design and optimization; PCR reaction optimization;
Plasmid design including design of expression plasmids for recombinant protein expression in bacteria, insect, and mammalian cells;
Construction of plasmids of varying size using a variety of methods including conventional restriction enzyme ligation approaches, Gibson Assembly and/or Golden Gate Cloning:
Plasmid mutagenesis;
Generation of DNA libraries;
Culture and maintenance of mammalian cell lines.

30% Protein biochemical and biophysical assays including:
Elisa, Western blotting, optical spectroscopy, protein thermal stability, protein-protein interaction characterization.

30% Recombinant Protein Expression and Purification including:
Protein expression in Bacteria and Mammalian cells;
Protein purification using affinity tags;
Protein purification using chromatography systems.

10% General Laboratory Maintenance including:
Inventory and organize laboratory materials;
Maintain general working order of laboratory;
Assist in ordering materials for laboratory work;

All required qualifications must be documented on application materials

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• BA/BS and 1 year of related experience or equivalent combination of education and work experience to equal five (5) years in Molecular Biology, Mammalian Cell culture, or Protein expression and purification experience.