Genomics Lab Technician: Single-Cell & Multi-Omics

New York Genome Center; City of Niagara Falls (NY); On-site; USD 46,000 - 59,000; Full time

Job summary

The Landau Lab at the New York Genome Center/Weill Cornell Medicine is seeking a motivated experimental scientist to join an interdisciplinary team studying somatic evolution, cancer genomics, and epigenomics.

The role involves wet-lab workflows for next-generation sequencing, single-cell genomics, and functional genomics, with collaboration across clinicians, computational biologists, and external partners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related life science discipline.
• Hands-on experience in molecular biology labs.
• Experience with nucleic acid handling, PCR, purification.
• Strong organizational and documentation skills.
• Ability to follow established protocols and troubleshoot.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Motivation to learn new genomic technologies.

Responsibilities

• Perform molecular biology workflows for DNA and RNA sequencing.
• Process cultured cells, primary specimens, tissues and suspensions.
• Perform single-cell and multi-omic workflows including scRNA-seq, scATAC-seq.
• Contribute to development and scaling of new methods for single-cell genomics and cfDNA.
• Assist with high-throughput and automated workflows.
• Collaborate with experimental and computational researchers to plan studies.
• Maintain detailed records in ELNs and databases.
• Communicate progress and issues in project meetings.
• Maintain lab organization, reagents and safety practices.
• Support multiple projects.
• Perform other responsibilities as assigned.

Skills

Molecular biology

Experimentation

Documentation

Communication

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in molecular biology, biotechnology, biochemistry, genetics, genomics, biomedical engineering, or a related discipline

Job description

The Landau Lab at the New York Genome Center/Weill Cornell Medicine is seeking a motivated experimental scientist to join an interdisciplinary team studying somatic evolution, cancer genomics, and epigenomics.

The role involves wet-lab workflows for next-generation sequencing, single-cell genomics, and functional genomics, with collaboration across clinicians, computational biologists, and external partners.