First Name*

Last Name*

Email*

Phone Number*

Country*

Are you an employer or a jobseeker?*

Message

First Name*

Last Name*

Email*

Phone Number*

Country*

Are you an employer or a jobseeker?*

Message

First Name*

Last Name*

Email*

Phone Number*

Country*

Are you an employer or a jobseeker?*

Message

First Name*

Last Name*

Email*

Phone Number*

Country*

Are you an employer or a jobseeker?*

Message

Job type: Permanent

Discipline: Biological Sciences

Location: United States

Senior Research Associate - Permanent - San Francisco, CA

Passionate about transforming tissue into breakthrough insights? Step into a role where your histology expertise drives real drug discovery impact.

We are seeking a Senior Research Associate to join our client's dynamic team in CA, US.

Primary Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will support research projects by performing histological procedures, including tissue preparation, sectioning, standard staining, immunostaining, imaging, and image quantification.

Skills & Requirements:

MS in Biology or a similar discipline with at least 4 years of industry experience, or a BA/BS with 6 years of relevant experience demonstrating direct participation in drug discovery efforts by IHC and other tissue-based techniques
ASCP certification (HT or HTL) is desirable
Experience in performing, optimizing, and implementing qualitative and quantitative tissue-based methodologies, ranging from tissue handling and processing, sectioning with microtome or cryostat, and histochemical staining, is required
Experience with standard and advanced microscopy and digital pathology is required
Proficient at employing whole-slide automated image analysis (e.g., HALO and Definiens) and analyzing large data sets using statistical and data visualization programs (e.g., Prism, Spotfire) to quantify tissue-based efficacy markers is preferred
Understanding of mouse and human comparative microscopic anatomy, characterization of transgenic animals
Familiar with the analysis and interpretation of data generated from tissue-based target expression studies, with statistical approaches, and successful presentation of pathology

The Senior Research Associate's responsibilities will be:

Preparation of tissue, including grossing and embedding
Sectioning tissue using various equipment, including cryostat, microtome, vibratome, and sliding-frozen microtome
High volume automated and manual Immunostaining

Experience with chromogenic and fluorescence immunodetection (single and multiplex)
Experience with automatic slide stainers such as Leica Bond Rx and Biocare IntelliPATH FLX is a plus

Manual and automatic cover-slipping
Experience with high-throughput slide scanners such as Hamamatsu Nanozoomer and Zeiss Axioscan is a plus
Capturing images with fluorescence and brightfield microscopy
Carry out histological staining such as H&E, nuclear counterstaining, and other standard histological stains
Design and troubleshoot experiments, analyze data, and present in meetings with guidance from senior staff
Use of a microscope to examine the quality of staining, perform standard microscopic tasks, view samples, and produce high-quality images
Work with CRO for the outsourcing of tissue embedding and sectioning, when necessary

Compensation:

$120 000 - $140 000 Per Annum

If you are having difficulty in applying or if you have any questions, please contact Shannon Briggs at s.briggs@proclinical.com.

If you are interested in applying to this exciting opportunity, then please click 'Apply' or to speak to one of our specialists please request a call back at the top of this page.

̽��ϼ� is a leading life sciences recruiter focused on finding exceptional people and matching them with the finest positions across the globe. ̽��ϼ� is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

By submitting this application, you confirm that you've read and understood our privacy policy, which informs you how we process and safeguard your data - /privacy-policy