Biologist 3 5 years

Job Title: BiologistContract: 12 monthsLocation: New York, NY (On-Site) Employment Type: Corp to Corp-HourlyQualifications:• Bachelors’s degree with 2+ years of work experience in academia or industry. • Experience in generating and working with iPSC-derived cells, disease models strongly desired. • Expertise in basic techniques in molecular biology and cell biology, assay development in cell lines, primary neurons and iPSC-derived cells. • Good understanding and experience working with AAVs preferred • Excellent interpersonal, organization skills, initiative and attention to detail. • Ability to think critically and creatively in a fast-paced, highly collaborative scientific environment. • Neuroscience background preferred, but not requiredResponsibilities:The Senior Scientist will support the validation of novel therapeutic candidates by performing hands-on, bench-level assays involving both cell culture and tissue-based work, and as well as sample processing and analyses from in vivo animal studies. The ideal candidate will be a team player, with strong organizational, interpersonal and communication skills, as well as have a shared passion for delivering new therapies to patients with critical unmet medical need. • Support cell culture platform work including iPSC-derived cells. • Perform molecular biology and cell biology assays including DNA/RNA extraction, qRT-PCR, ELISA. • Help manage in vivo studies conducted with CROs, and with academic collaborators, including shipment coordination and sample inventory management • Maintain electronic laboratory notebooks, write study reports, and present data to the team • Critically assess data generated from diverse experimental approaches in cell and molecular biology. • Train new team members in use of equipment, laboratory procedures, protocols, and safety procedures as needed.