Position Summary:
Cellarity is seeking a talented and highly motivated Senior Research Associate with experience in performing immune cell-based assays to play a vital role in the company’s efforts to validate novel discovery approaches based on cell behavior. The candidate will be working closely with scientists and I/O Program Lead, and will be responsible to execute robust cell-based assays to therapeutically manipulate healthy and diseased cell states. The successful candidate will work closely with members of Cellarity’s AI and Technology team to rapidly advance discovery programs within our immune-oncology portfolio. They will be comfortable working in and contributing to a very dynamic and cross-functional team environment. The ideal candidate must be independent, open-minded, results oriented, with excellent communication skills and be willing to work in a highly dynamic and fast-paced entrepreneurial environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Perform robust cell-based assays pertinent to tumor immunology
- Independently, or with minimal supervision to plan, execute, and analyze in vitro/ex vivo studies using primary human and mouse immune cells
- Responsible for data entry and data analysis in a timely manner
- Prepare clearly experimental report, protocols, and data presentation
- Generate and validate data-driven hypotheses
- Work both independently and as part of a collaborative team to design, plan and execute project objectives.
- Present study results at internal group meetings
- Contribute to a dynamic and exciting culture that embraces teamwork and innovation
Qualifications:
- B.S with 3+ or M.S. with 1+ experience in Biotech/Pharma required
- Experience in isolation, phenotypical and functional characterization of primary immune cells from human and murine origin.
- Experience in flow cytometry analysis with multi-parameter flow cytometry panels
- Experience in assay development and complex immune cell-based assays
- Ability to work independently or with limited supervision to generate, analyze and interpret data with scientific rigor and open mind
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, capable of conveying technical information in a clear and thorough manner
- Previous experience with small molecule therapeutics would be plus
- Organoid culture experience would be a plus
Learn more about Cellarity at https://cellarity.com/