Living Carbon is a public benefit corporation with a mission to responsibly rebalance the planet's carbon cycle using the inherent power of plants. We believe that gigaton scale CO2 drawdown will only happen if solutions are both beneficial to the environment and profitable to landowners. We've developed a proof of concept photosynthesis-enhanced seedling and are working on scaling our production lab and commercializing our technology. We're backed by some of the most prominent investors in Silicon Valley including Felicis Ventures, YCombinator, and Chris Sacca of LowerCarbon Capital.

If you believe that climate change is the defining global emergency of the century and want to join an ambitious project that's working on a biological solution, we'd love to hear from you.

Your role:

We're looking for someone who's excited to be part of a mission-driven early stage company. As our Research Associate, you will play an essential role executing plant molecular biology and/or plant physiology experiments to help meet the company goal. This role requires laboratory experience with plant growth, molecular and biochemical assays, with strong working knowledge of plant physiology. The successful candidate will be both a strong lab-based individual contributor and a team player who works well with other scientists. The candidate will contribute to key discovery studies which will have a direct impact on the success of our biotech programs to advance company goals.

Responsibilities:

• Perform experiments to carry out plant growth and developmental analysis in controlled environments
• Conduct plant growth measurement on weekly basis and collect biomass data at the end of the growth cycle
• Monitor growth and developmental changes associated with various abiotic conditions under testing
• Collect tissue samples from plants for macro- and micro-nutrient analysis and molecular analysis including PCR and qRT-PCR
• Perform biochemical assays to evaluate the physiological impact of engineered traits
• Perform plasmid DNA extraction from E. coli cells and genomic DNA extraction from plants
• Accurately document experimental protocols, perform analysis and help with interpretation of data, and timely report key findings to supervisor and research team

Requirements:

• BS in plant biology related fields. 2 or more years of laboratory experience in industry or academia.
• Technical proficiency in general laboratory practices, including chemical reagents preparation, pH measurement, media preparation, aseptic technique, safety practices, etc.
• Experience in laboratory assays with samples collected from plants
• Experience with molecular biology techniques including DNA extraction from bacteria or plants is highly desirable
• Strong organizational and documentation skills.
• Experience with database management.
• Ability to manage several projects simultaneously.
• Effective communication (written/verbal) and ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of a team are critical.
• Self-starter who can operate with minimal supervision.

Living Carbon PBC offers competitive compensation, and generous healthcare, dental and vision insurance.

Living Carbon PBC is an equal opportunity employer.

We believe the best solutions to climate change are created by diverse teams. Living Carbon is focused on building a multicultural and inclusive team with strong representation from the many diverse communities disproportionately impacted by climate change. As a public benefit corporation, ensuring solutions to slow climate change are widely distributed to all peoples is critical to the success of our mission.