Molecular Biology Intern: Metabolic Engineering for Biofuels

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national laboratory of rockiesGolden (CO)

Molecular and Cellular Biologists Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)

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National Laboratory of the Rockies in Golden, CO invites a full-time post undergraduate/graduate intern to join the Synthetic Biology and Bioconversion group. The internship focuses on metabolic engineering to generate, screen, and optimize engineered bacterial strains for renewable fuels and chemicals from biomass intermediates. In collaboration with postdoctoral researchers and scientists, the intern will design experiments, document results, and help validate physiological hypotheses while

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