Senior Research Associate

Senior Research Associate

W2 Contract-to-Hire

Salary Range: $93,600 - $114,400 per year

Location: Redwood City, CA - Onsite Role

$45.00/hr - $55.00/hr

• Use immunology techniques to perform cutting-edge studies, in vitro and ex vivo, to interrogate key scientific questions about established or candidate drug targets and therapeutic mechanisms.
• Support immune biomarker identification to inform patient selection for monotherapy and combination therapy strategies.
• Collaborate with biochemists, cell biologists, pharmacologists, and other members of the team to generate new models and novel insights that fuel drug development.
• Manage and analyze experimental data and present experimental results at internal meetings and scientific conferences.
• Execute experimental strategies, using cellular and molecular immunological techniques, to investigate target biology and therapeutic mechanisms of action in in vitro and ex vivo immuno-oncology models.
• Expand our immune-based assay toolbox by implementing new technologies.

• Bachelor's degree or Master's degree in Science with 3+ years of experience in a cell biology/cellular assay development role. The title will be adjusted according to experience.
• Deep expertise with mammalian cell culture across a variety of cell types (primary and immortalized) and growth conditions. Demonstrated experience handling (maintaining, passaging, plating) multiple cell lines at once.
• Hands‑on experience with a wide range of cellular assay techniques (including, but not limited to, Flow Cytometry, Western Blot, MSD, qPCR) suitable for target identification and/or compound characterization.
• Rigorous, quantitative, attention to detail, keen to maximize efficiency.
• Highly organized and excellent record‑keeping skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to facilitate collaboration with project and departmental teams.
• Innovative, proactive team‑player with high energy who will thrive in our fast‑paced drug discovery and development environment.

• Immuno‑oncology assays such as T cell proliferation, suppression and killing assays, antigen presentation assays, phagocytosis assays, etc.
• Experience with primary immune cells, including human PBMC handling, isolation, and differentiation.
• Incucyte cell‑based assays.
• Ex vivo experiments, including murine tissue collection, dissociation, and processing for downstream applications.

mammalian cell culture, primary and immortalized cell lines, cell biology, cellular assay development, flow cytometry, western blot, MSD immunoassays, qPCR, in‑vitro studies, ex‑vivo studies, immunology techniques, immune biomarker identification, immuno‑oncology models, cellular and molecular immunology, T cell proliferation assays, T cell suppression assays, T cell killing assays, antigen presentation assays, phagocytosis assays, primary immune cells, human PBMC handling and isolation, PBMC differentiation, Incucyte assays, murine tissue collection and dissociation, data analysis, experimental design, assay development, record‑keeping, scientific communication, cross‑functional collaboration, innovative problem‑solving, fast‑paced drug discovery environment

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