Staff Scientist

Position Summary

A Staff Scientist position is available with a flexible start date within the Human Neuron Core at Boston Children’s Hospital. We are looking for an independent and self-motivated scientist to join our team and work on projects utilizing human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived neurons to model neurological disease.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Tissue culture and quality control of human iPSCs and neuron differentiation
• Presentations and communication of results to internal and external research groups
• Independently leading original scientific research projects that can include:
• Calcium imaging assay development
• Development of 3D analysis pipelines
• Differentiation and phenotyping of neurons, including high content imaging and multi-electrode array recordings
• Assay development and screening
• Keeping good records, following optimized standard operating procedures, and providing input for improvement in methods to stay up to date with the field
• Staying up to date with the literature in the relevant fields
• Mentoring and leading Research Assistants and junior colleagues in the Core
• Preparing manuscripts for publication

Education

• Minimum Qualifications: A master's degree in a STEM-related field in addition 7 years of research experience.

Experience

The posted pay range is Boston Children’s reasonable and good-faith expectation for this pay at the time of posting. Any base pay offer provided depends on skills, experience, education, certifications, and a variety of other job-related factors.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package that includes flexible schedules, affordable health, vision and dental insurance, child care and student loan subsidies, generous levels of time off, 403(b) Retirement Savings plan, Pension, Tuition and certain License and Certification Reimbursement, cell phone plan discounts and discounted rates on T-passes.