Associate Scientist / Scientist (Microbial Cultivation)

On-Board Companies
Lexington, MA
$38-$58 an hour
Full-time

On-Board Scientific is hiring a Associate Scientist / Scientist (Microbial Cultivation) based out of Lexington, MA!

For immediate consideration please send your resume to

Subject Line : Position, Title, and State you are located. About Us : On-Board Services, Incorporated is an on-site contract service provider for a local manufacturing entity providing full time positions to our employees.

We offer benefits as well as k. Position Details : Position Title : Associate Scientist / Scientist (Microbial Cultivation with a focus in bacteria) Position Type : Full Time / Contract

Job Location : Cambridge, MA

Compensation : $-$ per hour based on experience

Length of Assignment : year with a possibility of extension

Please note this is an onsite lab-based role located in Lexington, MA Our client is looking for a passionate and hands-on Associate Scientist / Scientist to help them achieve their ambitions across microbiome-related project.

This person will spend the majority of their time (about %) in the lab executing experiments. Responsibilities :

  • will aid in running microbiome fermentation experiments and be responsible for downstream sample processing
  • will help execute microbiology-related fermentation experiments using different in vitro and ex vivo tools / systems to demonstrate health benefits in terms of microbiome modulation, microbial metabolite production, and host microbiome interaction for various projects

Qualifications :

  • Bachelors + yr or Masters +yr in biosciences with relevant experience. PhD will also be considered
  • Experience in microbial isolation, microbial culture maintenance, and nucleic acid extraction
  • Bench scale lab fermentation or microbial process development experience is a plus
  • Experience with growing anaerobic microbes / working in anaerobic chamber is a plus
  • Experience maintaining electronic lab notebook and reporting data / results to the team
  • Good aseptic technique
  • Background in sample preparation for next generation DNA sequencing and interactions with sequencing providers
  • Hands-on DNA sequencing experience preferred (Nanopore and / or Illumina)
  • Excellent communication skills and are fluent in English, both spoken and written
  • Ability to program / use laboratory robotics (, TECAN) is a plus
  • 30+ days ago
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