# Molecular Biologist / Research Scientist - Company: [Proto Town]() - Location: Lockhart - Team: Engineering - Employment type: Full Time - Posted: July 26, 2026 ## Job description ## **The role** We are building an automated biology platform and, and we are looking for a molecular biologist / research scientist to handle the core wet lab work: selection design, library construction, and readouts. ## **Responsibilities** * Run end to end workflows, library through selection to characterized hits * Design selection strategy: stringency schedules, bottlenecks, counter-selections * Design FACS sorting and screening strategies, and interpret population trajectories across rounds ## **Must-haves** 1. Cell culture: hands-on experience, ideally with yeast. 2. Molecular cloning: fundamentals (PCR amplification, Gibson assembly, Golden Gate assembly, transformations); experience with sequencing services. 3. Flow cytometry/FACS: gating strategies, staining, sample loading. ## **Nice-to-haves** Yeast genetics and surface display · OrthoRep or other continuous hypermutation systems · phage display or PACE · SPR/BLI · NGS library prep and analysis · protein expression and purification · Opentrons, Hamilton, Tecan, or eVOLVER-class hardware. If you have never worked in yeast, apply anyway. We would rather hire for selection judgment and long-run discipline, and teach the organism. ## Apply [Apply on Proto Town]() Canonical job page: