What are the responsibilities and job description for the Associate Scientist position at SPECTRAFORCE?
Position Title: Associate Scientist
Work Location: South San Francisco, CA 94080
Assignment Duration: 12 Months
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm
Work Arrangement: 100% onsite
Position Summary:
- To perform experiments, organize data and analyze results under minimal supervision.
- With minimal supervision, plans, conducts or monitors experiments, records and organizes data, analyses results, generates robust and reliable data.
- Ensures that contracted studies are conducted in compliance with the respective protocol and applicable guidelines and regulations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Perform library preparation and QC for NGS sequencing.
- Perform basic histology (sectioning, staining, imaging) on tissue samples.
- Monitors or follows established experimental design and protocols and performs routine tasks and studies to obtain reproducible and reliable results with limited supervision
- Plans, monitors or conducts, analyzes and records experiments, and provides interpretation of data
- Effectively transfers experimental methods from literature to the lab and makes modifications as necessary
- Develop and implements new protocols with moderate review
- Engages coworkers in scientific discussions
- Communicates data and interpretation to work group
- Skilled at developing systems to ensure quality data
- Effectively trouble-shoots equipment and experimental difficulties
- Contributes to internal/external reports, papers, presentations, regulatory documents, invention disclosure submissions and/or patents
- Participates in department-wide support efforts such as safety, recruiting and committees
- May train staff and/or supervise others
- Coordinates and organizes resources needed to complete the task
- Understands when to seek input and when to make independent judgments;
Qualifications & Experience:
- Basic molecular biology techniques: PCR, qPCR, etc.
- Experience with NGS library prep and sequencing.
- Experience with basic histological techniques and RNA in-situ hybridization.
- Experience with single-cell or spatial transcriptomics.
- Degree in Biology, Biochemistry or related field
- Experience in a Biopharmaceutical working environment
- Must haves: NGS library Prep, Histology. Single-cell or spatial RNA seq
Salary : $30 - $34