Lab Director – Neural Organoids & Biology Team Lead

Open Culture; Berkeley (CA); Presencial; USD 145.000 - 170.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Equity

Health benefits

Flexible paid time off

Visa sponsorship considered

Descripción de la vacante

Open Culture in Berkeley seeks a founding, director-level leader to stand up and run a tissue culture lab, manage the biology team, and oversee iPSC and neural organoid work. You will hire and train research staff and ensure rigorous biosafety and data quality.

You will guide neural cultures and organoids on high-density microelectrode arrays, maintain SOPs, and ensure compliant, scalable operations with Habitat instruments.

Formación

• 5+ years of hands-on mammalian cell culture including iPSC maintenance and neural differentiation.
• 3D brain organoids made from stem cells with your own hands.
• Experience setting up a lab: procurement, equipment, vendors, safety and compliance.
• Cells plated on and recorded from microelectrode arrays.
• SOPs, batch records and QC criteria others can follow.

Responsabilidades

• Stand up the lab: layout, biosafety cabinets, incubators, cryostorage, imaging and recording stations, supply chain and vendors.
• Run compliance: BSL-2 practice, bloodborne pathogen training, stem cell research oversight, chemical and waste handling.
• Keep the biology flowing: iPSC and mouse lines banked and passaged on schedule, QC that decides what goes forward, and organoids with batch records that trace each one to its line and passage.
• Plate neurons and organoids on MaxOne and MaxTwo arrays, and load, service and maintain Habitat.
• Hire, train and manage the research associates who join the biology team.

Conocimientos

Mammalian cell culture

iPSC maintenance

Neural differentiation

Organoid culture

Lab management

BSL-2 compliance

Herramientas

MaxOne platform

MaxTwo platform

Habitat system

Descripción del empleo

Open Culture in Berkeley seeks a founding, director-level leader to stand up and run a tissue culture lab, manage the biology team, and oversee iPSC and neural organoid work. You will hire and train research staff and ensure rigorous biosafety and data quality.

You will guide neural cultures and organoids on high-density microelectrode arrays, maintain SOPs, and ensure compliant, scalable operations with Habitat instruments.