Lab Technician I - Abiotic Screening

over 2 years ago
Full time role
Remote · Boston, MA, US... more
Remote · Boston, MA, US... more

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What if nature could be harnessed to help farmers sustainably feed the planet? Since 2014, Indigo has questioned agriculture's full ...

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Job Description

Indigo is a company dedicated to harnessing nature to help farmers sustainably feed the planet. With a vision of creating a world where farming is an economically desirable and accessible profession, Indigo Ag works alongside its growers to apply natural approaches, conserve resources for future generations, and grow healthy food for all. Indigo’s Biological Products, Marketplace, and Carbon offerings improve grower profitability, environmental sustainability, and consumer health. Indigo Marketplace is a platform connecting growers with a network of buyers to secure optimal prices for their crops and offers hands-on control of a grower’s business through a range of pricing tools, real-time national bid discovery, and automated grain sales. Carbon by Indigo is a platform paying growers for increases in soil carbon content and decreases in greenhouse gas emissions. It helps growers realize additional revenue, healthier soils, and a more resilient farm by participation in a market of high-quality carbon credits – supported by rigorous quantification standards. The company is headquartered in Boston, MA, with additional offices in Memphis, TN, Research Triangle Park, NC, Basel, Switzerland, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and São Paulo, Brazil.

Indigo’s Biological Products organization develops products based upon our deep understanding of the plant microbiome. The company has commercialized such products for cotton, wheat, barley, corn, soybeans, and rice in North America, Latin America, and Europe under the biotrinsic™ brand. Our R&D and product development teams are working to continue to develop products that address the growing number of abiotic and biotic stresses that crops experience worldwide.

Indigo’s Bioprocessing Group is seeking a Lab Tech, Abiotic Screening is to support ongoing laboratory work aimed at characterizing microbial strains and understanding their interactions with the innate plant and soil microbiomes, with the ultimate goal of developing new products with improved and consistent performance.

Responsibilities:

  • Prepare plant and microbial screening media in mediaclave
  • Maintain and organize detailed media lot datasheets
  • Sterilize and test seed for germination
  • Prepare supplies for team to run microbe and plant assays
  • Manage lab organization and ordering supplies

Competencies:

  • High attention to detail
  • Experienced with operating autoclaves, laboratory glasswashers, pH meter, and media preparation equipment
  • Understands sterile technique
  • Enjoys a fast pace environment
  • Possesses skills for multitasking and prioritizing tasks
  • A motivated learner with a great attention to detail
  • Organized, approachable and energetic
  • A passion for Indigo and our core values
  • An ability to think creatively about identifying and optimizing workflows
  • Self-sufficient and able to work independently, but always within the expectations of and parameters set by their supervisors
  • Sets and maintains high standards for self and this position
  • Possesses strong interpersonal, communication and relationship building skills and an outwardly positive demeanor
  • Communicates both positive and negative issues in an open, direct, and straight-forward manner
  • Has a sense of urgency
  • Demonstrates a team-oriented style and strong work ethic

Qualifications:

  • An associate degree in biological sciences or biotechnology field with experience in laboratory techniques and equipment
  • Interest in microbiology and/or plants
  • Skilled in Microsoft Excel

We’re building the technology to feed the world and fight climate change. We believe that through teamwork we can achieve more to benefit all of agriculture: from farmers to consumers to the planet. Game changers don't fit in a box. The requirements listed above are examples of what we think enables success in this role, but we recognize the impossibility of fully capturing a singularly perfect description, and we believe in the power of diversified and creative displays of skills and qualifications. We embrace unconventional. We embrace creativity. We embrace a challenge to the status quo. If the specifications in the list below aren’t an exact match... great! Apply, be you, and be proud that you aren’t ordinary (we certainly aren’t!).

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status

 

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