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