# Associate Scientist, Bioanalytical Assays

**Company**: Serif Biomedicines
**Location**: Cambridge, MA
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $96,000 - $126,500
**Category**: Research
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are searching for an experienced Associate Scientist to drive bio-analytical assays for a novel DNA platform.

Key Responsibilities:

- Execute and analyse bioassays to assess efficacy, safety, and biodistribution of novel nucleic acid therapeutics in rodents and NHPs.

- Contribute to scientific and technical perspectives to advance platform development.

- Develop, optimise, and execute ligand binding assays to support studies in-house and at CROs.

- Communicate experimental findings effectively in oral, written, and visual formats.

- Work independently and collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team environment.

Qualifications:

- Master's or BS in a relevant discipline with 6+ years of industry experience.

- Deep expertise in ex-vivo analytical assays such as ELISA, MSD, qPCR, ddPCR, etc.

- Hands-on experience with multi-parameter flow-cytometry, including panel design, compensation, and analysis.

- Experience with various transfection methods in human and NHP PBMCs is preferred.

- Proficiency in processing tissues and isolating various cell types from mice and NHPs.

- Prior experience in nucleic acid therapeutics or LNPs is a plus.

- Experience with histological techniques (IHC/IF, ISH, H&E, etc.) analysis is a plus.

- Strong communication, interpersonal, organisational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

Benefits:

- Healthcare coverage

- Annual incentive program

- Retirement benefits

- Broad range of other benefits

The salary range for this role is $96,000 - $126,500.

## Skills

### Required
- ELISA
- MSD
- qPCR
- ddPCR
- multi-parameter flow-cytometry
- transfection methods
- tissue processing
- cell isolation
- nucleic acid therapeutics
- LNPs
- histological techniques

### Nice to have
- experience with various transfection methods in human and NHP PBMCs
- prior experience in nucleic acid therapeutics or LNPs
- experience with histological techniques (IHC/IF, ISH, H&E, etc.) analysis

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