Senior Research Associate, Cancer Biology

**Onsite Role in South SF, CA**

Job opportunity with a top Biotech/Pharmaceutical company that is looking for a Senior Research Associate, Cancer Biology to join their team on a 12-month contract with an opportunity for conversion or extension!

Qualifications:

• A minimum of a B.S. degree in cancer/cell/molecular biology or related area with 2-3 years of experience in Cancer Biology or M.S degree with 1-2 years in cancer/cell/molecular biology or related area; biotech and/or pharmaceutical industry experience is a plus
• Expertise in mammalian cell culture using aseptic tissue culture techniques and cell-based assays to evaluate viability (siRNA/shRNA, small molecule compound screening), protein analysis (western blot), gene expression analysis (qRT-PCR) and other functional/molecular biology assays.

Job Description/Skills:

• Design research experiments and work independently to execute experiments
• Perform in vitro cellular assays to profile compounds, to enable mechanism of action studies for potential anti-cancer therapeutics and to validate new targets using genetic and pharmacological tools
• Generate engineered cell lines for screening assays
• Maintain and culture tumor and non-tumorigenic cell lines
• Analyze, interpret scientific data and build data decks in PowerPoint
• Troubleshoot assays to ensure high quality data
• Interface closely with scientists in the research group and project team to ensure efforts are aligned to the scientific project goals

Benefits/Perks:

• 401k
• Health Insurance

Please apply here directly if interested but If you are genuinely not interested, is there someone you can recommend?