Etiome: Translational Biology / Target Validation Co-Op

What you'll do

• Design, develop, and perform disease-relevant in vitro assays, including mammalian cell culture and target-perturbation experiments.
• Use molecular and cellular biology techniques, analyze results, and integrate experimental readouts against target-validation criteria.
• Review scientific literature, document experiments, and present findings to Biology and project teams.

What they ask for

• Currently enrolled in an undergraduate or master program in a related discipline.
• Strong molecular and cellular biology foundation and hands-on laboratory research or prior co-op experience.
• Experience with mammalian cell culture and hands-on experience with one or more listed molecular, immunoassay, or cell-based techniques.
• Ability to troubleshoot experiments and critically evaluate results; strong attention to detail and rigorous, reproducible work.

Nice to have

• Research experience in disease biology, functional genomics, target validation, or drug discovery.
• Experience with gene perturbation approaches such as siRNA or CRISPR, or developing and optimizing cell-based assays.

Pay

$25 - $35 per hour (base salary)

Tools

mammalian cell culture, qPCR, RNA isolation, cDNA synthesis, ELISA, MSD-based immunoassays, Western blotting, CRISPR

AI focus

Applicant data may be reviewed using AI-assisted screening tools; the role itself involves no stated AI work.