Research Associate, Neuroscience Returnship
Clinical-stage TechBio company using an AI-native platform, automated experiments, and proprietary biological and chemical data to discover and develop medicines.
Funding history
About Recursion
Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a public clinical-stage TechBio company headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah. Its Recursion OS integrates biology, chemistry, clinical development, multimodal data, and purpose-built AI models.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will join a sixteen-week returnship, owning a lab project on cell-based assays. You will culture iPSC and derived cells, develop and validate assays with automated imaging, document in ELN and LIMS, write assay SOPs and deliver data from assays like immunofluorescence, qPCR and ELISA.
Requirements
- 3+ years of research laboratory experience, preferably with mammalian cell culture
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Neuroscience, Biology, Biochemistry, Bioengineering or related
- 2+ years break from employment
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Ability to work independently and in a team in a lab
Responsibilities
- Perform tissue culture including thawing, passing and banking of iPSC models
- Develop, optimize and validate cell-based assays using automated imaging and analysis
- Establish and optimize experimental conditions for cell models
- Document work in ELN and use LIMS for reagent tracking, SOPs and QC
- Write assay SOPs and support inventory and QC tracking
- Deliver data with immunofluorescence, qPCR, ELISA and similar assays
Benefits
- Dedicated mentor meeting weekly
- Weekly seminars on workplace culture, communication, and technology
- Team support while re-entering the workforce
- Possible full-time employment after the program