Postdoctoral Researcher, Horns Lab

The role

Postdoctoral researchers will design, execute, and analyze experiments to lead independent research projects. Work involves bridging synthetic biology and genomics to study immunology and neuroscience.

What you will do

• Design, execute, and analyze experiments
• Take end-to-end ownership of a research project
• Publish first-author papers in high-impact journals
• Present at national and international conferences
• Mentor and train research associates, technicians, and students
• Engage in Arc-wide activities
• Maintain rigorous experimental records and documentation
• Contribute to lab operations including protocol development and maintaining shared infrastructure

Required qualifications

• Doctorate (PhD, MD, MD/PhD, DVM, or equivalent) in bioengineering, synthetic biology, genomics, immunology, neuroscience, molecular biology, or a related field
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Track record of scientific writing (manuscripts, preprints, or equivalent)
• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to be an independent thinker and a highly collaborative team player

Nice to have

• Single-cell sequencing and analysis (scRNA-seq, scATAC-seq, CITE-seq)
• Spatial transcriptomics and multi-omics
• Pooled perturbation screens (CRISPRi/a/KO, Perturb-seq)
• Building new sequencing-based assays or new measurement modalities
• Molecular engineering (e.g. protein design and engineering)
• Mammalian synthetic biology (e.g. genetic circuit design)
• High-throughput library design and screening in mammalian cells
• Immune cell biology or engineering
• Immune receptor biology and profiling
• Neurobiology

About the company

Arc Institute is an independent nonprofit research organization at the interface of artificial intelligence and biology. It is based in Palo Alto and partners with Stanford University, UC Berkeley, and UC San Francisco.