Senior Research Assistant, NGS & Multi-Omic Innovations Lab

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; United States; On-site; USD 77,000 - 119,000; Full time

Job summary

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center seeks a Senior Research Assistant to join the CMO Innovative Lab, where multi-omic NGS-based assays are developed for clinical use. The Innovation Lab is a collaborative group that brings wet- and dry-lab members together, coordinating with the clinical NGS lab and investigators across MSKCC.

You will drive scientific innovation, participate in experimental design, and collaborate across groups to optimize and implement transformative NGS approaches.

Qualifications

• M.S. in biology/immunology or related field with a minimum of 4 years of experience.

Responsibilities

• Work with the Innovation team to provide support to research projects.
• Triage emerging technologies, with the goal of optimizing and implementing those that show potential for near-term clinical utility.
• Design, develop, and implement novel and clinically relevant laboratory techniques.
• Work collaboratively with the informatics team in the analysis of genomic and other multi-omic data generated by the group.
• Help facilitate collaborations and research opportunities with scientists and clinicians at MSK

Skills

Ability to learn quickly

Interpersonal skills

Decision-making

Organizational skills

Education

M.S. in biology/immunology or related field

Tools

RNAseq

DNAseq

Methylation

Job description

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center seeks a Senior Research Assistant to join the CMO Innovative Lab, where multi-omic NGS-based assays are developed for clinical use. The Innovation Lab is a collaborative group that brings wet- and dry-lab members together, coordinating with the clinical NGS lab and investigators across MSKCC.

You will drive scientific innovation, participate in experimental design, and collaborate across groups to optimize and implement transformative NGS approaches.