Corteva
Johnston, IA, USA
Description The Research Associate will be a key member of the Crop Transformation Systems team within Biotechnology/Trait Discovery & Optimization. Responsibilities - What You'll Do: This research associate will follow standard operation procedures to generate quality transgenic and genome editing events to support traits discovery, optimization, and product development. Crop transformation work involves isolating embryos or preparing other explants, performing transformation, sub-culturing tissue culture materials during the selection process and regenerating plants. The Research Associate will also participate process improvement experiments for testing new ideas and technologies aimed at improving overall transformation efficiency or event quality. The Research Associate will maintain accurate electronic and legal notebook records for all research work, summarize results, note areas for improvement, execute all lab work by following safety and...