Research Associate, Molecular & Cellular Immunology

The role

The Research Associate will assist in generating nucleic acid materials and performing in vitro cell experiments. This role supports the advancement of genetic medicines using engineered recombinases delivered through non-viral methods.

What you will do

• Perform in vitro T cell experiments to evaluate recombinase-based engineering strategies and characterize CAR-T cells
• Perform cloning and prepare nucleic acid and/or LNPs to support cell culture experiments
• Analyze and interpret data and produce data reports
• Communicate findings to internal teams
• Maintain detailed and accurate laboratory records

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Biology, Bioengineering, Immunology, or a related field
• Hands-on molecular biology experience, including PCR, cloning, bacterial transformations, minipreps, maxipreps, and in vitro transcription
• Hands-on mammalian cell culture expertise, including culturing tumor cell lines and primary T cells/PBMCs, co-culture experiments, flow cytometry, and genomic DNA extraction
• Ability to execute, interpret, and troubleshoot experiments
• Experience maintaining meticulous records, including documenting and maintaining an organized lab notebook, lab inventory, and experimental results
• Excellent communication skills
• Collaborative working style
• Ability to adapt in a fast paced, rapidly developing environment
• Enthusiasm and curiosity to learn and apply new lab techniques

Nice to have

• Familiarity producing targeted LNPs and/or working with CAR-T cells

About the company

Stylus Medicine is developing transformative in vivo genetic medicines to unlock cures. The company combines engineered recombinases with non-viral delivery to specifically encode therapeutics.