- Avail Bio is short-circuiting therapeutic & target discovery by peering inside the immune response 🧬
- Proprietary experimental & informatic platform to discover and de-risk new treatments for disease 💡
- Developing novel methods to dive deeper into the ocean of novel immunology in a patient’s blood! 🌊
- Spun-out of research at top universities, & backed by top biotech investors, incl. Illumina Inc. & 50Y
- Our Mission? To Push The Boundary of Immune Therapeutic Discovery. Please reach out to learn more!
About the Position
We are seeking a Research Associate, Lab Manager to lead critical laboratory tasks, including laboratory protocols, blood sample processing, and clinical data curation. This is an in-person, full-time position at our laboratory in San Francisco, CA.
- Degree Requirements: Bachelors or Masters in relevant life sciences field, with 2+ years of academic research, or biotech industry (preferred), experiences
- Salary range: Competitive with benefits, & dependent on number of years prior experience
- Location: San Francisco, CA (SOMA neighborhood, near Caltrain, MUNI, & baseball park)
- Start date: March 2022
Qualifications demonstrated by successful candidates will include:
- Demonstrated laboratory experience with diverse experimental techniques:
- Mastery of sterile technique when handling cell culture & blood samples
- Experience with isolating cells (PBMC’s) and serum/plasma from blood
- Hands-on experience with B cells, &/or cultured cells (e.g. HEK 293T)
- Hands-on experience with PCR and basic in vitro assays (incl. ELISA)
- Experience with qPCR, cloning, and NGS (incl. Bioanalyzer) is a plus
- Interest in working with and managing clinical data from human subjects
- Any research experiences involving phenotypic clinical data is a plus
- Excellent organizational instincts & communication skills in a laboratory context
- Aptitude or proficiency for lab supplies ordering and inventory management
- Superior work-ethic, team-first mentality, and scientific maturity