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Is working in a molecular laboratory your passion? Would you like to innovate and contribute to advances in genome editing in crops?
Come join us as Technical Assistant (m/f/d) Genome Editing at KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGa A. As a member of our international team, you will work on a permanent and full-time basis at our research facilities in Einbeck, Germany. You will work in a dynamic and innovative environment, and across teams and locations to perform transformation and genome editing experiments, particularly in sugarbeet.
Your role and responsibilities at glance:
- Apply and conduct molecular biology techniques for the analysis of plant material.
- Plan and carry out transient transformation experiments to support our genome editing activities.
- In-vitro reproduction and cultivation of sugar beet.
- May assist colleagues with other tissue culture and molecular operations and lab processes.
- Acquire know-how and evaluate results using in-house bioinformatic pipelines.
- Accurately record data and document experiments in electronic notebooks and in the KWS laboratory databases.
Contribute your strengths:
- Completed vocational training as BTA (biological technical assistant), a bachelor’s or master’s degree in natural sciences, or comparable qualification.
- Experience with molecular biology techniques such as PCR, DNA extraction, restriction digest, gel electrophoresis and cloning.
- First professional experience in the laboratory with molecular biology as well as in-vitro culture of plants working under sterile conditions.
- Good user knowledge of MS Office, as well as experience with lab-related databases.
- Collaborative mindset and very good teamwork skills.
- Reliable and independent working style as well as initiative and flexibility.
- Very good level in spoken and written English, basic German language skills desirable.
What you can look forward to:
- Our team is very international and you will find open and honest communication with each other to ensure that all opinions are important and taken into account.
- As a family-run company, we live by the values of closeness, reliability, vision and independence - a culture that is also lived out in practice, e.g. through an open and friendly working atmosphere.
- Freely following the motto: "Make yourself grow!" we promote individual professional and personal development.
- As a basis, we offer excellent work equipment (e.g., the latest laboratory equipment), flexible working hours, a fully subsidized canteen, and sufficient free parking at the site.
- We create the appropriate framework conditions for you: capital-forming benefits, Christmas and vacation pay, childcare allowance, job wheel.
- Health and safety are very important to us, which is why we have a company doctor, a company fire department / paramedic (with time credit) and company sports.
Seed your career by submitting your application today! We are looking forward to your application using our online application system Success Factors.
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About KWS
KWS is one of the world’s leading plant breeding companies. Over 5,000 employees in more than 70 countries generated net sales of around €1.8 billion in the fiscal year 2022/2023. A company with a tradition of family ownership, KWS has operated independently for 165 years.It focuses on plant breeding and the production and sale of seed for corn, sugar beet, cereals, vegetables, oilseed rape and sunflower. KWS uses leading-edge plant breeding methods to continuously improve yield for farmers and plants’ resistance to diseases, pests, and abiotic stress.
To that end, the company invested more than €300 million last fiscal year in research and development.
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