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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">From: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Robert Butler Ramirez <<a href="mailto:rbr@alum.mit.edu">rbr@alum.mit.edu</a>></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Subject: job announcements mailing list</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Date: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">September 18, 2019 at 2:24:42 PM EDT</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:106%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Job Description</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">About us</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:102%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Envirobe is an early, seed-stage life sciences company based in Bethesda, MD and New York City. Envirobe leverages engineering and biological principles to bring sustainable
alternatives to traditional waste management. Our environmental microbes, or envirobes, degrade human waste products and are designed to be environmentally friendly, human-safe, and cost-effective. Ultimately, we hope to prevent the degradation of our natural
environments and bring human activities one more step towards sustainability. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:106%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> We are presently looking to expand the team and are looking for a
<b><u>full-time research assistant</u></b> to help us achieve our goals in our New York City site. Given level of interest, commitment and competence, roles exist beyond the assistant level which the successful candidate might transfer into.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:102%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> The hired technician would work directly with the company’s Chief Scientific Officer to optimize our envirobes for market. To this end, responsibilities include
day-to-day molecular/proteomic/bacterial experiments, proficient record and note keeping, and laboratory maintenance. Independence in the laboratory would be expected but proper training prior would be provided.
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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Required Qualifications:</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:102%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> -Bachelors level degree in physical/natural/chemical sciences/engineering or related field.
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:102%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> -Ability to work independently in BSL-1 biology laboratory setting
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:102%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> -Preferably 1-year of independent experience in a wet lab
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:102%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> -Strong desire to create a social impact
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:102%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> -General interest in cool synthetic biology and/or sustainability
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:102%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:102%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">-Experience with some of the following techniques: Molecular cloning, western blot analysis, HPLC, enzyme kinetics assays, PCR,
primer design, RNA-seq, fluorescence/light microscopy. directed evolution, genome engineering, and basic bacteriology methods (culture, aseptic technique, etc)
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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Preferred Qualifications (not required):</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:102%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> -Master’s or higher-level degree work
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:102%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:102%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> -Experience with gram-positive and non-<i>Escherichia coli
</i>gram-negative bacteria -Experience with most of the following protocols: Molecular cloning, western blot analysis, HPLC, enzyme kinetics assays, PCR, RNA-seq, fluorescence/light microscopy. directed evolution, genome engineering, and basic bacteriology
methods (culture, aseptic technique, etc) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:102%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:102%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">-Experience with Geneious or a similar bioinformatics and sequence analysis software
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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Hiring Expectations, locations, and compensation:</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:102%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> -Minimum 1-year commitment
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:102%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> -The position is expected to begin early 2020 (late January-mid February)
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:102%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> -Expected time commitment: 40 hrs/week
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:102%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> -Located in Manhattan
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:102%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> -Competitive salary w/ health benefits
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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Opportunities for publication</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">:
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:102%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Any work completed as a part of the Envirobe team brought to peer review would name the research assistant as a co-author.
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:102%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Please email Sam Magaziner at
<u><a href="mailto:sjm2210@columbia.edu">sjm2210@columbia.edu</a></u> before/on <b>
<u>October 13</u><sup>th</sup><u>, 2019</u></b>. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Please provide a resume/CV, an auxiliary list of completed courses relevant to the field, and how you heard of this posting. We look
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<a href="http://www.envirobe.com/">www.envirobe.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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