Research Associate III

The company

Funding comes from a Series A and two government grants.

Job summary

The Research Associate III runs cell-based and biochemical assays and reports results to the project scientist. This position is on site in Cleveland.

Essential duties and responsibilities

• Maintain mammalian cell lines using aseptic technique and track passage numbers
• Write and revise SOPs and protocols
• Ship samples to CROs and track chain of custody
• Run flow cytometry panels and help design antibody panels
• Follow EHS, biosafety and chemical hygiene rules
• Plan and run experiments under the direction of a scientist, including cell culture, ELISA, qPCR and western blots
• Purify proteins on AKTA systems and characterize them by SDS-PAGE and SEC
• Operate and maintain lab equipment such as plate readers, liquid handlers and centrifuges

About you

• 5+ years of industry or academic lab experience
• Comfortable with Excel and GraphPad Prism for basic analysis
• Able to work with biohazardous materials at BSL-2
• Willing to work occasional evenings and weekends for time-sensitive experiments
• Careful record keeping in lab notebooks
• Hands-on experience with cell culture and at least two of: ELISA, qPCR, western blot, flow cytometry

Perks and benefits

Salary: $84,000 - $94,000 a year

• Health, dental and vision coverage starting on day one
• 401(k) with a 100% match up to 5%
• Three weeks of PTO to start
• Employee discount
• Annual bonus

We read every application and reply within about a week.

Start dates are flexible, usually within a few weeks of an offer.

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Cascade Pharmaceuticals, LLC.