Title: Senior Research Associate - Fungal Metabolic Engineering & Strain Development

Location: Gurugram

About Us:

Absolute is a bioscience company founded with the idea of a shared future where both people & planet win together. The company’s vision is to build a thriving future for people and the planet by harnessing the power of nature, science & exponential innovation. Absolute’s Agtech businesses encompass – Climate Solutions, Soil Health testing, Crop Insurance & Tech driven commodities trade. Absolute’s revolutionary businesses are backed by Xenesis, a stellar team of 150+ scientists making breakthroughs in their fields.

Absolute is backed by Sequoia, Tiger Global, and Alpha Wave, Absolute's angels includes Nadir Godrej- MD of Godrej Industries, Kamal Aggarwal- Promoter of Haldiram, and Kunal Shah- founder of CRED, among others

Job Description

We are currently looking for an experienced Sr. Research Associate to work in the field of synthetic biology and Microbial Genetic

Job responsibilities includes

• Work with laboratory strains of fungi using aseptic technique for culturing, maintenance, and transformation
• Perform advanced molecular biology techniques like recombinant cloning, assembling, genome editing and recombinant knockouts.
• Perform genome editing of micro-organisms for improved phenotype and heterologous production of recombinant molecules.
• Carry out fermentation studies for recombinant strains for yields and scale up studies
• Design, implement, and characterize novel gene constructs.
• Metabolic engineering of recombinant strains and analyzing flux.
• Prepare and execute established methods and SOPs.
• Deliver high-quality results in a timely manner and communicate the same with stakeholders
• Drive process improvements.
• Maintain all equipment, data and records as per specifications.

Educational and Essential Qualifications:

• M.Sc. in molecular biology, microbiology, biochemistry, biotechnology, synthetic biology or related fields.
• 1+ year(s) experience in academic, pharmaceutical, or biotechnology industry settings working different recombinant platforms for production of novel molecules like flavours and fragrances.
• Experience in metabolic pathways engineering of fungal systems using advanced molecular biology tools.
• Experienced in working with metabolic pathways prediction tools.
• A strong grasp of fundamental molecular biology techniques is essentials.
• Exposure to gene circuit design, cell engineering, strain development, is highly desirable.
• Demonstrated ability to work with highly skilled teams in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial and technical environment.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, capable of conveying technical information in a clear and thorough manner.
• Comfortable delivering against challenging commitments.
• Confident, execution focused, team oriented, with an ability to thrive in an entrepreneurial environment.
• A desire to work in the impact space, with a passion to make the world a "better" place.