Senior Laboratory Assistant
Senior Laboratory Assistant
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Job Description
Commitment: Fulltime
Experience Level: Bachelors degree Masters or equivalent lab experience
The Role
Were looking for an exceptional and hardworking Senior Laboratory Assistant to support both histology workflows and daytoday lab operations at Conception. This is a lab operationsfocused handson role for someone who thrives in the lab environment enjoys keeping things running smoothly and is comfortable taking on a wide range of essential tasks behind the scenes.
The ideal candidate is a professionallevel lab assistant who has built their career supporting scientific teamssomeone dependable detailoriented and confident with core lab skills like pipetting and media prep. At a minimum you must have prior lab experience and be able to use pipettes reliably.
While this role offers opportunities for crosstraining and growth within lab operations it is not currently structured as a path toward a scientific or researchtrack position. Were looking for someone ready to commit to a 2year role as part of our Lab Operations team contributing meaningfully to the success of our R&D work through strong operational support.
What Youll Be Doing
Histology Support 40 (Training Provided)
Assist with manual immunofluorescence staining
Handle slides reagents and staining materials
Support preparation and coordination for imaging workflows
Aliquote and maintain antibody stocks
Lab Operations & Sample Logistics 60
Label tubes for sample collections (e.g. immunofluorescence and NGS workflows)
Assist scientists during sample collection handling materials and prepping samples
Bulk label tubes for small molecule aliquoting
Prepare media and buffers for the scientific team
Help with stock audits inventory restocking and tracking
Clean and maintain incubators and other lab equipment as needed
Prepare and support sample shipments (e.g. NGS external assays)
Keep lab spaces organized and stocked including weekly cleaning and maintenance of operations support
Who Were Looking For
Were looking for someone who is exceptional at what they dohighly dependable detailfocused and energized by helping a lab run efficiently. You should be motivated by being part of a larger mission and take real pride in supporting the daily work of scientists. Flexibility is keyyoure the kind of person who can adjust to shifting needs and jump in where help is needed.
Bonus Points For
Experience in histology or immunostaining
Familiarity with lab stock systems or media/buffer prep
Sample handling and support during live experiments
Experience cleaning and maintaining cell culture equipment
Interest in Conceptions mission and biotech operations
Our mission
Conception is a startup with the mission of generating viable human eggs from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). Successful development of our research could have many benefits such as removing age limits on motherhood allowing for easy screening of eggs with harmful genetic mutations and allowing samesex couples to reproduce.
Come and work with us
We are wellfunded and connected in Silicon Valley offering competitive pay equity excellent healthcare benefits and a collaborative research environment focused on meaningful results.
If you are passionate hardworking and aligned with our mission we want to hear from you.
To learn more about the original mouse proof of concept to live birth that inspired us see learn more about us our mission and approach you can read two features published byThe New Yorker and MIT Technology Review.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
