Research Associate, Cell Biology
What You’ll Be Doing
- Responsible for a range of cell-based lab work, including mammalian tissue culture, transfection, flow cytometry (FACS), and other functional assays.
- These tasks include wet-lab work of increasing complexity and independence, involving planning, execution, troubleshooting, and compiling results.
- This role includes preparing data, graphs, and reports, and communicating results to internal teams.
- Contribute to our in vitro display technologies (e.g. phage display, ribosome display, and yeast display), molecular biology, biochemistry, and SPR.
- Direct experience in all of the technical areas above is preferred but not required.
- Work collaboratively under aggressive timelines
What You’ll Bring to the Team
- Your educational background includes a B.S in Cell/Molecular Biology, protein engineering, biological chemistry, or related discipline with minimum 1-year related work experience
- Mammalian tissue culture experience including propagation, freezing/thawing lines and transfection
- Flow cytometry experience including multi-color immunostaining
- Ability to multitask and thrive in a fast-paced and challenging environment
- Excellent oral/written communication and interpersonal skills
- Must be able to work as an individual contributor and as a team
Nice to Have
- Molecular biology experience including plasmid DNA purification, sub-cloning, and PCR
About Twist Bioscience
Twist Bioscience synthesizes genes from scratch, known as “writing” DNA. Just as children learn to both read and write, the next phase of development for the genomics revolution is the ability to write DNA.
At Twist Bioscience, we work in service of people who are changing the world for the better. In fields such as health care, agriculture, industrial chemicals and data storage, our unique silicon-based DNA Synthesis Platform provides precision at a scale that is otherwise unavailable to our customers.
Twist Bioscience Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Twist Bioscience Corporation provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic characteristics, or any other category protected by law.
San Francisco Bay Area Pay Range
$68,100 - $84,900 USD