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LAYIQ - Associate Scientist- Eislmayr Laboratory at St. Jude

Scientific Research
Lead and oversee the laboratory's cell culture and bacterial operations.
Maintain mammalian cell lines and primary cultures, including intestinal organoids.
Develop stable and CRISPR-engineered cell lines
Validate and maintain bacterial stocks and generate bacterial knockout and reporter strains
Perform molecular biology and biochemical techniques including: Cloning
Conjugation
Transformation
Transductions
Transfections
Immunoprecipitations
Western blotting
Conduct fluorescence and confocal microscopy experiments.
Conduct in vitro and in vivo infection experiments
Analyze data and maintain high-quality research documentation
Contribute to manuscripts, grant applications, and presentations at lab meetings, institutional seminars, and scientific conferences
Laboratory Operations & Management
Lead the setup of the new laboratory, including equipment procurement, installation, and commissioning
Manage inventories, consumables, reagent stocks, and laboratory resources.
Oversee service contracts and equipment maintenance activities.
Ensure compliance with BSL-2 operations and institutional safety requirements, including SOPs, biosafety documentation, EH&S compliance, and training records
Manage SOP development, biosafety documentation, EH&S compliance, and training records.
Maintain laboratory electronic notebooks, protocol repositories, and data management systems.
Train, onboard, and mentor laboratory personnel in experimental procedures and best practices.
Provide supervision and scientific guidance to junior staff and trainees as the laboratory grows.
Minimum Education and/or Training: Bachelor’s degree in a relevant scientific area
Minimum Experience: 7 + years of research experience is required
5 + years of research experience is required with a Master’s
2 + years of research experience is required with a PHD
Experience leading and supporting research experiments preferred
Some experience leading lab and scientific project coordination, maintenance, and other research support activities preferred
Experience in guiding and training other laboratory personnel preferred
Proven performance in earlier role/comparable role
Strongly Preferred
CRISPR-based genome engineering and stable cell line generation
Protein biochemistry (immunoprecipitation, western blotting)
Organoid, air-liquid interface, or other tissue-derived model systems
Experience establishing or expanding a laboratory
ELN administration or LIMS experience
Sample preparation for flow cytometry, fluorescence microscopy, and confocal imaging
Tissue handling for in vivo based studies.
Training and supervision of scientific staff and students
Hands-on experience with mammalian cell culture, including primary cells
Experience with microbiology and molecular biology techniques (cloning, transformation, transfection)
Experience with BSL-2 laboratory operations and biosafety practices
Who You Are: You combine strong scientific expertise with a proactive, entrepreneurial mindset. You are comfortable working independently, building new processes, solving problems, and helping shape the culture and scientific direction of a growing program. You balance research excellence with lab management, and you bring strong project ownership, collaboration, mentorship, communication, and organizational skills.

Associate Scientist- Eislmayr Laboratory

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