RESEARCH ASSOCIATE: TISSUE / CELL CULTURE
CAMBRIDGE, MA
Position will be onsite .
Required Skills:
- Bachelor's degree in biology with at least 3 years' relevant work experience or master's degree with at least 1 year of academic/industrial experience in cancer biology/oncology or immune oncology.
- Manager is looking for non-PhD candidates.
- Looking for master's or bachelor's degree with 3 to 5 years' experience in Biotech/Pharma or hospital setting.
- Hands-on experience in isolation, culture, and characterization of primary cells from human or animal tissues is required.
- Experience executing biochemical assays with a variety of readout technologies, including flow cytometry and ELISA is required.
- Excellent communication, presentation, collaboration, and organizational skills are required.
- Ability to execute and operate to a high standard.
- Attention to detail with excellent organizational and record keeping skills is a requirement.
- Ability to identify technical problems and potential solutions.
- Proficiency in utilizing software such as Graph Pad, Microsoft Office, etc. for data analysis and figure generation is required.
- Tissue culture and Cell culture experience.
- Technical/biological Duties:
- Cell culture and cell-based assays.
- Primary cell isolation from whole blood and tissues.
- Cytokine detection experiments using multiplex assay technologies.
- Execute complex biochemical assays, including RNA/DNA isolation, real-time PCR, protein isolation and immunoblotting.
Preferred Skills:
- Flow Cytometry experience is a plus.
- Research experience in cancer biology and cancer immunotherapy is highly desirable.
Project Description:
- We are currently seeking a highly motivated associate scientist to join our cancer biology group in Cambridge, MA.
- The successful candidate must demonstrate technical expertise in cellular and/or molecular biology assays to validate therapeutic targets and perform mechanism of action studies to support programs as they enter and move through clinical development.
This 12+ month position starts ASAP.
Please E-MAIL your resume (attachment to email) with rate and availability to Jim:
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