Research Analyst

Job summary

Research position in the Single Cell Bioanalytics Center at the Indiana Biosciences Research Institute for a skilled researcher to conduct molecular assay development. Researcher will be part of team working state of the art single cell analysis technology for next generation clinical assays and advanced biotechnology processes.

Responsibilities and duties

Requires laboratory work making and testing assays for RNA and DNA for clinical and biological samples. Duties includes the design of molecular reagents, method formulation, protocol preparation, analytical method validation, clinical sample analysis and data analysis.

Qualification and skills

Experience in PCR/qPCR and assay development and ability to operate and understand digital droplet PCR and MiSEQ sequencing equipment experience preferred.

Experience conducting research in targeted sequencing is required and experience in amplicon sequencing or whole genome or transcriptome sequencing is desired. Research experience with nucleic acids/oligonucleotides primers and hybridization design is required.

Some experience in precision gene editing and genome engineering desired such as cloning, transformation, isolation of plasmid DNA, making deletions or site-mutant construct, adding fusion affinity tags, or protein expression in E.coli, yeast or mammalian cells is required. And experience in cell culture and animal models experiments is desired.

Candidates should be a post-doctoral PhD or hold a Master of Science /Bachelor of Science degree with relevant work experience. Degrees in either Molecular analysis, Analytical Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Biology, Genetics, Cell, Molecular or Developmental Biology will be considered.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $40,000.00 to $60,000.00 /year

Job Location:

• Indianapolis, IN 46202

Required education:

• Bachelor’s