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Job Title: Research Scientist - Systems Immunology
Location: Cambridge, MA
Workplace Type: Onsite
Work Schedule: Mon to Fri
Job Type : Contract, 6 months
No of roles : 1
Position Summary: We are seeking a scientist to join our Systems Immunology Lab in Pfizer’s Inflammation & Immunology Research Unit. The successful candidate will be responsible for generating massive single-cell perturbational data using functional genomics and single cell transcriptomics technologies in collaboration with a small team.
Position Responsibilities: Generate custom lentiviral libraries and maintain extensive cell cultures. Generate edited pools of cells via lentiviral transduction and arrayed electroporation. Develop, modify, and customize such procedures as needed to succeed in specific cell lines and types, and at large scale. Generate single-cell data via several commercial workflows, including from 10x Genomics.
Organizational Relationships: Reports to a lead scientist in Systems Immunology Lab. Collaborates with and supports several multi-disciplinary experimental teams on a per-project basis.
Education And Experience: Bachelors or Masters 3 years of experience in Biology, Immunology, or a related field
Technical Skills Requirements:
- 3 years of hands-on experience with standard cell culture techniques including primary immune cells handling and isolation, maintenance of cell lines and in vitro stimulation of primary immune cells, experience with standard molecular biology techniques including lentivirus infection, qPCR, western blot, and flow cytometry.
- Bonus: direct experience in pooled cell screening of immune cells using CRISPRi, CRISPRa, and other methods of in vitro gene editing.
Physical Position Requirements: Typical bench work, including sitting, pipetting, lifting ?10lb items
Interview Process:
1st Teams screen (Camera-On)
2nd Onsite (2hr with Stakeholders)