Senior Scientist

Scientist-III (Senior)

Duration: 12 Months

Pay Rate: $76.97/hr

Location: Boston MA 02115

Description:

Qualifications:

Education Minimum Requirement:

• PhD degree in Molecular and Cell Biology or related disciplines such as Immunology or Biological Engineering with 5+ years of wet lab experience in academia or industry.

• Note: Willing to look at a fresh graduate; however, industry experience is preferred.

Experience and Skills:

• Extensive experience with mammalian cell culture using sterile techniques.

• Demonstrated ability to perform accurate data analysis and carefully maintain a notebook record of lab activities.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including preparation of lab reports and presentations.

• Strong attention to detail.

• Extensive in vitro experience.

• Successful candidate must be able to remain focused and on task without supervision.

• This will be an onsite/in-lab role.

Responsibilities:

• Assist in developing, executing, and troubleshooting new cell-based assays, protocols, and analysis methods.

• Establish SOPs using automation (BRAVO/Apricot) to increase assay throughput.

• Design and execute experiments, interpret data, and communicate results and findings clearly and concisely to teams and stakeholders.

• Support the maintenance and characterization of iPSC-derived cell populations including immunocytochemistry, plate-based assays (Quanterix, Luminex, MSD), qPCR, and other molecular biology techniques.

• Collaborate across functional areas.