Scientist

Position Title: Scientist

Length of Contract: 12 months

Location/Site: South San Francisco, CA, 94080 - Hybrid onsite (3 of 5 weekdays onsite)

Purpose:

The Precision Medicine Pathology team at the Client drives the scientific strategy for translational tissue-based biomarker development & discovery target validation/MOA projects, leads pathology collaborative programs, conducts histopathological evaluation & analysis of IHC & spatial biology technologies, and provides technical/scientific leadership to histotechnicians & pathology scientists.

The successful candidate is expected to have familiarity with spatial biology and histopathology workflows, assist with spatial biology experiments and oversee the upkeep of spatial biology lab.

Responsibilities:

* Maintaining spatial biology lab equipment (PhenoCycler Fusion, CosMx SMI)

* Organizing and managing spatial biology reagent inventory

* Ordering reagents and tracking orders

* Supporting spatial biology experiments

* Learning and supporting spatial proteomics and transcriptomics data analysis

Qualifications:

* Bachelor's or Master's degree in a related field, with 1-2 years of lab experience in academic or industry setting

* Highly organized

* Ability to multi-task and manage multiple assignments

* Experience in quantitative digital pathology analysis platforms such as Halo, Visiopharm, QuPath is preferred but not required

* Knowledge of Python and R is preferred but not required

* Familiarity with spatial data analysis is preferred but not required

* Close familiarity with tissue microscopic anatomy and histology (normal and diseased) is a plus

* Excellent verbal communication skills are required including the demonstrated ability to effectively and clearly summarize results for presentation and report generation

* Strong motivation, attention to detail, ability to think independently and fully integrate into a high achieving team environment