Biosample Research Associate

About Our Company

Universal DX, Inc. is an international Company with a highly experienced team focused on cracking cancer’s code. Through our multi-omics and bioinformatics models, we have figured out how to read the disease’s signals in blood with high accuracy to detect cancer in its earliest stages. Starting with a colorectal cancer screening liquid biopsy test, we are building a multi-cancer platform that can identify the unique DNA regions associated with different types of cancers.

Universal DX is seeking a Biosample Research Associate to join our growing Product Development team. This role will help manage the clinical biosample and derivative sample needs that support Signal‑C development, including model training, assay development, analytical validation, and clinical validation readiness. The Biosample Research Associate will be responsible for coordinating sample selection, reservation, inventory tracking, use allocation, vendor sample procurement, and sample governance workflows so that high‑value plasma and cfDNA samples are used intentionally, traceably, and in alignment with study needs.

This is an individual contributor role intended for a highly organized candidate with biospecimen operations, sample inventory, data tracking, and vendor coordination experience.

You will be part of a team that is passionate about developing novel diagnostic tests for the early detection of cancers. As part of the team, you will be in a Company that aims more than to become one of the leaders in the industry. We want to have a huge positive impact on society by achieving the ambitious purpose of “making cancer a curable disease by detecting it earlier”.

• Manage plasma, cfDNA, and related derivative sample needs for Product Development, including samples used for model training, assay development, analytical validation, and clinical validation support.
• Use UDx sample selection and inventory tools to identify, reserve, track, and request appropriate clinical trial samples; maintain trackers for sample category, clinical annotations, volume, processing status, intended use, study assignment, and disposition.
• Partner with R&D, Assay Development, Clinical Operations, Lab Operations, Bioinformatics, Biostatistics, Quality Assurance, and Regulatory Affairs to translate study needs into sample pulls, shipment requests, manifests, and execution‑ready sample lists.
• Help develop and apply sample governance rules for model training, analytical validation, clinical validation support, and other assay development uses.
• Support governance controls that prevent inappropriate overlap between training and validation sample sets, protect scarce sample categories, and preserve traceability of sample selection rationale.
• Coordinate with external biospecimen vendors to define sample requirements, review documentation, support quotes and purchase requests, coordinate shipment logistics, and reconcile received materials against manifests.
• Monitor plasma and cfDNA consumption across assay development studies; forecast sample needs, identify gaps or bottlenecks, and escalate risks early.
• Coordinate with Lab Operations for sample receipt, accessioning, storage, check‑in/check‑out, shipment, return‑to‑inventory, and reconciliation under internal procedures.
• Maintain inspection‑ready records and support continuous improvement of sample management procedures, tracker tools, dashboards, templates, discrepancy resolution, and cross‑functional governance workflows.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Biology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Biotechnology, Clinical Research, Laboratory Science, or a related life‑science field.
• 2+ years of experience in biospecimen management, biorepository operations, clinical or research sample operations, translational research operations, diagnostics/IVD sample management, or a related area.
• Experience working with human biospecimens and associated metadata; experience with blood, plasma, cfDNA, or oncology‑related sample types is strongly preferred.
• Strong attention to detail and documentation discipline, including experience…