We are looking for a Lab Specialist - Molecular Technologies to join our Agricultural Solutions team in Research Triangle Park, NC.
Come create chemistry with us!
BASF’s Agricultural Solutions division connects innovation, customers, partners and agricultural experts and integrates sustainability criteria into all business decisions. We help farmers deliver the best possible outcomes, working to achieve the balance between economic, environmental and social value creation for sustainable and efficient agriculture.
The Lab Specialist will be part of BASF’s Seeds, Technologies, and Analytics (STA) Labs and Methods Team, which delivers innovative and cost effective DNA, RNA and protein-based methods to stakeholders in Seeds & Traits. This is an excellent opportunity to join the laboratory environment and share your technical expertise, problem-solving skills, innovation and process efficiency mindset along with automation aptitude to conduct DNA and RNA based analytics for the Soybean Crop System. The desirable candidate will have first-hand experience developing, optimizing and performing novel fluorescence-based expression analysis using RNA from plant matrices, including qualitative and quantitative analysis and utilizing laboratory automation. The ideal candidate will be implementing and optimizing sequencing, expression assays and molecular analytics across diverse platforms, conducting data analysis and proposing workflow and protocol improvements.
