Category: Life Science

Employment Type: Contract To Hire

Reference: BH-378698-1

Yoh is hiring a Temp to Permanent, Stem Cell Scientist in San Diego. You will be working with a growing startup biotechnology company pioneering drug development to repair damage and degeneration caused by neurological diseases. We are seeking a passionate full-time Scientist I -Tau Biology & Cell Culture motivated by our mission. In this role you will be performing activities that are critical to the tauopathies program.

Location - San Diego
Pay Rate -$45-$54/hr
Duration - 6 month temp to perm

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct experiments involving multiple iPSC, NPCs, and differentiated neuronal cell cultures under minimal supervision.
• Optimize and further develop phenotypic assays on differentiated neurons with an emphasis on tau-related assays and neurodegenerative disease modeling techniques.
• Ensure optimal growth conditions and sterility in alignment with previously generated SOPs and develop and record new SOPs.
• Carry out electroporation and lentivirus experiments with adherence to safety protocols.
• Record and analyze experimental data, maintain detailed lab notebooks and databases.
• Collaborate with the research team to design experiments and troubleshoot issues.
• Ensure compliance with laboratory safety regulations and SOPs.

• Masters degree or PhD in Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, or a related field.
• 1-2 years of full-time hands-on experience in industry or academia maintaining stem cell and neuronal cell cultures.
• Proficient in tau biology, neurodegenerative disease modeling, and related laboratory techniques.
• Excellent organizational, analytical, problem solving, and communication skills.
• A high level of emotional intelligence, ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
• Contribute to multiple projects simultaneously, plan experiments, prioritize tasks, pivot rapidly and problem-solve technical issues effectively.

• Experience in the maintenance of iPSC, NPC, and differentiated neuronal cell cultures.
• Experience differentiating iPSCs to neural lineages and analyzing/QC-ing NPCs & neurons.
• Experience with antibody-based cell analysis tools including immunocytochemistry.
• Experience with image acquisition and processing, including fluorescence microscopy.
• Experience handling lentivirus.
• Experience managing full-time technicians.