Researcher 2 - Military Veterans

Position Summary:
We seek a researcher to join a highly collaborative research group in the University of Minnesota Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics.

The researcher will assist experienced scientists in carrying out large-scale molecular biology workflows including cloning, mutagenesis, and antibody engineering developing cancer therapeutics.

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 with the research team.

Essential Functions:
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.
Elisa, Western blotting, optical spectroscopy, protein thermal stability, protein-protein interaction characterization.

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

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

All required qualifications must be included in the 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 any of the following areas: Microbiology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biology, Pharmacology, or related field.

Preferred 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.