
Job Description
Our mission is to make biology easier to engineer. Ginkgo is constructing, editing, and redesigning the living world in order to answer the globe’s growing challenges in health, energy, food, materials, and more. Our bioengineers make use of an in-house automated foundry for designing and building new organisms.
We are seeking a Senior Research Associate to join our HTS wet-lab team at Ginkgo Datapoints. This role is ideal for someone passionate about lab automation, high-throughput screening, and process optimization, eager to operate workcells and help design automated experimental workflows. Responsibilities
- Test, maintain, and troubleshoot robotic platforms and laboratory automation instruments to execute biological protocols for antibody developability and functional genomics products.
- Collaborate with scientists to transfer manual processes to automated liquid handler workflows, validate, and execute them.
- Execute experiments to validate the quality and performance of laboratory automation systems, troubleshoot issues, and implement improvements.
- Provide technical training and support to laboratory personnel on automation processes, equipment, and technologies.
- Maintain and support safe ...
The Real Dill ☘️
Startups are private companies, but once they IPO they become "public"...meaning the average person has more access to their financials. In the case of Ginkgo Bioworks, it hasn't generated as much revenue as anticipated, but still has a ton of money in the bank to work on different projects (see the news article on ChatGPT for DNA). It'll be important to monitor its performance over the coming months and years to see how the company evolves considering its previous financial performances, but its definitely working on some really cool initiatives that have implications across healthcare, pharma, food, and more. (November 2023)
Jon Lee, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT, MBA
Pickle co-founder
About Ginkgo Bioworks
Design, develop, and optimize biological products across industries, including vaccines, meat substitutes, and circular fashion.
MissionTo make biology easier to engineer.
Wow FactorWorking on initiatives across society: food, drug development, scientific research, and more.
Company benefits
- ⛷️ Unlimited PTO
- 🐣 Maternity/paternity leave
- 🏦 401K/retirement
- ✈️ Travel stipends
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