Research Technician: Breast Cancer Metastasis & Single-Cell

Einstein; New York (NY); On-site; USD 54,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Albert Einstein College of Medicine is seeking a Research Technician D to join a multidisciplinary team studying breast cancer progression and metastasis. The role spans cancer cell biology, mouse models, imaging, and single-cell approaches, with opportunities to contribute to NIH- and foundation-funded projects.

The candidate will troubleshoot experiments, develop protocols, and collaborate with faculty, postdocs, and lab members while maintaining rigorous records and data interpretation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in biology, molecular biology, cell biology, biochemistry, cancer biology, or related discipline, with at least 4.5 years of relevant laboratory research experience.
• Strong experience with mammalian cell culture and molecular/cellular biology techniques is required. Experience with flow cytometry or FACS, transfection or viral transduction, tissue dissociation, and fluorescence-based assays is highly desirable.
• Experience in cancer biology, tumor microenvironment or immune-cell biology, mouse models, preparation of samples for single-cell sequencing, or quantitative microscopy would be valuable.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and manipulate mammalian cancer cell lines, including generation of engineered lines.
• Perform flow cytometry/FACS and prepare single-cell suspensions for downstream analyses like single-cell sequencing.
• Conduct molecular biology techniques (DNA/RNA/protein isolation, PCR/qPCR, immunofluorescence, immunohistochemistry).
• Carry out functional cell-based assays (migration, invasion, transwell, fluorescent reporters).
• Prepare and process cells from mouse experiments; assist with animal handling and tumor monitoring.
• Support multiplexed fluorescence imaging and quantitative microscopy studies.
• Troubleshoot experiments, optimize procedures, and analyze resulting data.
• Maintain mouse colonies, including genotyping and breeding.
• Maintain records, organize samples and reagents; train lab members.
• Contribute to figures, methods, presentations, manuscripts.
• Routinely modify procedures and protocols; analyze and interpret data.

Skills

Mammalian cell culture

Flow cytometry

Transfection

Viral transduction

Tissue dissociation

Single-cell sequencing prep

Immunofluorescence

Immunohistochemistry

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in biology or related field

Tools

Flow cytometer

PCR/qPCR

Imaging systems

Job description

Albert Einstein College of Medicine is seeking a Research Technician D to join a multidisciplinary team studying breast cancer progression and metastasis. The role spans cancer cell biology, mouse models, imaging, and single-cell approaches, with opportunities to contribute to NIH- and foundation-funded projects.

The candidate will troubleshoot experiments, develop protocols, and collaborate with faculty, postdocs, and lab members while maintaining rigorous records and data interpretation.