Research Associate

Position: Research Associate I, Req#: 23001930
Location: San Rafael, CA (100% onsite)
Duration: 12 Months Contract

Job Description:

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree and at least 2 years of relevant experience or minimal experience with a Masters’s degree.
• The ideal candidate will have some working experience in assay development or thorough theoretical knowledge of laboratory procedures. They will also be comfortable with basic chemical principles and calculations. The candidate should also be fastidious concerning cleanliness, organization, and documentation.

Work Environment/Physical Demands::

The employee may frequently be required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, and smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities in this job include close vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Wet lab environment. Some toxic chemical use. Occasional foul odors. Candidate must not have any known chemical allergies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Gain industry experience and learn various skills to become a well-rounded scientist capable of advancing drug development.
• The employee will assist senior staff in planning, performing, and documenting laboratory experiments.
• Primary responsibilities may include buffer preparation, drug formulation, endotoxin testing, animal tissue processing, DNA/RNA/protein isolation, spectrophotometry, chromatography, immunochemistry, microscopy, image analysis, enzyme activity assays, protein/oligo/small molecule interaction techniques (ELISA, SPR, BLI, MST, FRET, etc), various molecular biology techniques (PCR, qPCR, ddPCR, dPCR, SDS-PAGE, etc.), and general lab duties.

Job Type: Contract

Salary: $30.00 - $40.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• San Rafael, CA: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Experience:

• Assays: 1 year (Required)
• ELISA, SPR, BLI, MST, FRET, etc: 1 year (Required)
• PCR, qPCR, ddPCR, dPCR, SDS-PAGE, etc.),: 1 year (Required)

Work Location: In person

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91 9999-999999

Salary : $30 - $40