Life Science Research Professional 2

SLAC; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Stanford University invites applications for a Life Science Research Professional 2 to help develop and deploy a pooled cell engineering platform using single-cell genomics and high-throughput gene delivery. The role supports a Stanford Medicine Catalyst project that spans Stanford Medicine’s schools and health system.

The position involves collaborating with researchers on cutting-edge biology, constructing sequencing libraries, and performing experiments with human blood-derived immune cells,

Qualifications

• Experience in primary human blood product handling and culture.
• Familiarity with single-cell transcriptomics and epigenetics is a plus.
• Ability to work in multidisciplinary teams and publish results.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with researchers to develop a therapeutic screening platform.
• Contribute to construction and sequencing of single-cell libraries.
• Conduct lab experiments for isolation and culture of immune cells from blood products.
• Transform and grow bacterial stocks for recombinant plasmid DNA.
• Perform complex experiments to support a combinatorial screening project.
• Participate in multidisciplinary teams across faculties.
• Review literature and help translate protocols into practice.
• Assist in preparing papers and presenting findings at conferences.

Skills

Single-cell biology

Cell engineering

Literature review

Collaborative research

Tools

Genomics workflows

Job description

Stanford University is seeking a Life Science Research Professional 2 (1 year fixed term) to assist in developing and deploying a pooled cell engineering platform using single-cell genomics and high-throughput gene delivery. This position will support a portfolio project within Stanford Medicine Catalyst. Stanford Medicine Catalyst is a joint strategic effort between Stanford’s School of Medicine, Stanford Health Care, and Stanford Children’s Health, and serves as Stanford Medicine’s flagship innovation program to support inventors across the Stanford community in developing and accelerating their most promising innovations for transformative health. The duties for this role include the following:

• Collaborate with highly motivated researchers on the cutting edge of single-cell biology and cell engineering to develop a therapeutic screening platform.
• Work together with team members in the construction and sequencing of single-cell transcriptomic and epigenetic libraries.
• Conduct lab experiments involving isolation and culture of immune cells from primary human blood products.
• Transform and grow bacterial stocks for the purpose of isolating recombinant plasmid DNA.
• Conduct complex lab experiments to gather data for a portion of an innovative and novel combinatorial screening project.
• Participate in multidisciplinary teams across different faculties or schools.
• Perform ongoing literature review to remain current with new procedures and related research; apply to ongoing research and development of new protocols.
• Contribute substantively to the preparation of papers for publication, especially in the results section, and to publication of findings. Present ongoing work to colleagues and/or academic conferences.

*- Other duties may also be assigned