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Cell Culture Research Associate

South San Francisco, CA 94080

Posted: 05/24/2025 Employment Type: Contract Industry: Research and Discovery Job Number: 12117 Pay Rate: $30.00 - $69.00 Remote Friendly: Onsite

Job Description

Our client is a leading biotechnology company that discovers, develops, manufactures, and commercializes medicines to treat patients with serious or life-threatening medical conditions. 


Overview:
  • We are seeking a creative, enthusiastic, and highly motivated cell culture and molecular biologist to join our mammalian cell line development group. 
  • The successful candidate will work on host cell line development using the Company's industry-leading targeted integration technology, with the aim of improving recombinant Adeno-Associated Virus (rAAV) manufacturing for gene therapy applications.
  • Expertise in cell culture, process development, and molecular biology techniques are needed.

Duties:
  • This is an ideal position for a researcher who is enthusiastic about research, innovation, and drug development experience in gene therapy.
  • As such, the position requires excellent communication and problem-solving skills, the desire to continuously learn about the gene therapy and drug development process, and a passion for helping patients through advancement in gene therapy technologies.
  • The successful applicant will work independently under minimal supervision to design and execute multiple experiments in parallel.

Job Requirements

Qualifications:
Required:
  • A PhD degree with 0+ years of industry experience, or a Master's/Bachelor's degree with 3+ years of industry experience in molecular biology, cell biology, biochemistry, virology, biotechnology, bioengineering, chemical engineering or other related disciplines.
  • Relevant mammalian cell culture experience in HEK293 cells.
  • Relevant molecular biology experience (molecular cloning, western blotting, qPCR, ddPCR, etc).
  • Exceptional oral and written communication skills.

Desired:
  • Stable cell line generation experience.
  • Relevant rAAV production experience.
  • Relevant rAAV purification experience.
  • Relevant rAAV characterization experience.

Meet Your Recruiter

Melissa Politron
Recruiter

As a Compass Recruiter, Melissa "Mel" is excited about rediscovering her passion in helping candidates find opportunities that will excel their professional lives and improve their personal lives. She brings a deeply-rooted excitement to the team by understanding the people she works with and finding ways she can support them. Mel's connections with others inspires her to make a difference in the overall well being of her colleagues, candidates and clients alike. 

Outside of Compass, Mel enjoys cooking, dancing and being a mom to her three wonderful boys. She has an obsession with home organization and thoroughly enjoys solving other families' organizational needs. Mel is also very passionate about One Heart Source, a humanitarian organization that combats conditions such as poverty, diseases and illiteracy through education. She participated as a summer volunteer teacher in Tanzania and credits the organization for shaping her into the person she is today. 

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