Lab Technician - Behavioral Assays
via Ashby
About this role
We offer opportunities to do your life’s work while helping solve one of the most important technical and moral challenges of our time.
Full-time, in-office in Emeryville, California. Compensation includes equity.
We are seeking a Lab Technician to develop and implement behavioral assays that assess how insects respond to visual and olfactory stimuli. Your work will be critical in validating the efficacy of machine-learning-predicted compounds across multiple insect species.
Key Responsibilities
• Design and develop behavioral assays to assess insect response to predicted repellent compounds.
• Lead experiments to test compounds for broad-spectrum effectiveness.
• Analyze experimental data to optimize compound performance, ensuring both repellency and pleasant odor characteristics.…
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