Posting Title

Postdoctoral Researcher –Metabolic Engineering and Synthetic Biology

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Location

CO - Golden

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Position Type

Postdoc (Fixed Term)

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Hours Per Week

40

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Working at NREL

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), located at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Golden, Colorado is the nation's primary laboratory for research and development of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies.

From day one at NREL, you’ll connect with coworkers driven by the same mission to save the planet. By joining an organization that values a supportive, inclusive, and flexible work environment, you’ll have the opportunity to engage through our ten employee resource groups, numerous employee-driven clubs, and learning and professional development classes.

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We invite all interested candidates to apply for this opportunity. While we recognize that job seekers may hesitate if they don’t meet every requirement, we encourage dedicated individuals who meet all the basic and additional required qualifications of the role to submit an application. We value the opportunity to consider those who believe they have the necessary skills and ambition to succeed at NREL.

Job Description

The Renewable Resources and Enabling Sciences Center at NREL has an opening for a full time Postdoctoral Researcher within the Synthetic Biology and Bioconversion Group. The initial appointment is for one year, with possible renewal up to three years.

The successful candidate will work in the Agile BioFoundry (ABF) project to conduct metabolic engineering and synthetic biology to integrate, evolve, and improve new pathways and new genes in engineered strains for production of renewable fuels and chemicals from various biomass-derived intermediates. Moreover, the successful candidate will develop automated robotics systems for arraying genome-scale libraries in production strains. This work will lead to industrially-relevant strain performance.

Selected publications related to this work are listed below:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-32296-y

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1096717619303994

The successful candidate will be able to:

• work safely and independently in a laboratory setting
• plan and execute research in collaboration with other researchers
• communicate scientific results effectively, both in written and oral formats
• author peer-reviewed publications, and
• work effectively in a large, multidisciplinary team of engineers, chemists, and biologists.

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Basic Qualifications

Must be a recent PhD graduate within the last three years.

* Must meet educational requirements prior to employment start date.

Additional Required Qualifications

·        Research experience in metabolic engineering and synthetic biology in non-model bacteria

·        Development and implementation of novel genetic tools

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