Plant Metabolism Engineering Lead Scientist
OBSERVABLE UNIVERSE OF THE COMPANY
Our client is an early stage biotech start-up in Paris working on the first generation of bioengineered plants to fight indoor air pollution. Their longer term ambition is to leverage their technology for larger scale applications such carbon capture.
MISSIONS
As part of expanding the R&D team, our client is looking for a Plant Synthetic Biology Lead Scientist. Your main focus will be:
- Bring technical expertise in plant synthetic biology to actively support the definition and execution of our scientific strategy.
- Lead and manage a growing team of 5+ scientists and engineers towards clear product development deliverables.
- Design, perform, analyze and interpret key plant physiology and metabolism engineering experiments and ensure the quality and rigor of their outcomes.
- Work on the strategic product roadmap
- Help design and test the non-coding genetic elements of our DNA constructs
REQUIRED PROFILE
ACADEMIC SPHERE
PhD in plant physiology, plant biotechnology or plant genetic engineering in the industry.
TECHNICAL SPHEREE
- At least 3 years of experience leading and managing a team of 5+ people in an industrial and research context.
- Extensive experience in plant biotechnology or genetic engineering
- Solid experience in in silico analysis of metabolic fluxes
- Proficiency in English
- Experience in implementation of synthetic metabolic pathways in plants is a nice to have
- Good knowledge of Plant C1 or aromatic metabolism is a nice to have
SOCIAL SPHERE
- Very strong team spirit
- Experience in a start-up environnement
- Scientific rigor and attention to details
SATELLITE INFORMATION
- Takeoff date: As soon as possible
- Rocket launch site: Paris
- Fuel : 60K€ - 90K€
- Experience : At least 3 years
- Stellar Benefits: private insurance, public transportation, lunch card etc
- Département
- Biology
- Role
- Botany (#bot)
- Locations
- Paris

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Plant Metabolism Engineering Lead Scientist
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