Technical Associate I, Jones Lab

TECHNICAL ASSOCIATE I, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research (KI) - Jones Lab, to join our interdisciplinary team focused on studying the spatiotemporal evolution of cancer. Will be tasked with supporting the research objectives of our group, including generating large-scale genomic, imaging, and perturbational datasets to study various aspects of tumor evolution under the supervision of a research advisor; contributing to, and possibly lead, research projects that will appear in conferences and scientific journals; tissue culture work, including drug treatment time courses; employment of cutting-edge sequencing technologies (single-cell, spatial, and long-read) to research specimens, including those from patients; imaging for cytogenetic assays (e.g., metaphase spreads) to profile oncogene amplifications in cancer cells; basic data analysis and visualization using computational pipelines, including scripts written in Python & R; keeping detailed records of plans, progress and results; giving journal club and lab progress presentations at lab meetings; and working collaboratively with other technicians and post-docs and research scientists in our laboratory, as well as with colleagues at MIT. REQUIRED: Bachelor's degree in Biology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, or a related field; a minimum of two years of hands-on experience in an experimental research lab, which may include experience gained as an undergraduate; high degree of independence and self-motivation; strong ability to work collaboratively with others in our group as well as with colleagues at MIT; able to work in high-paced interdisciplinary teams; excellent written and oral communication skills; and able to balance multiple projects simultaneously. PREFERRED: Research experience in the field of cancer biology, molecular biology, and/or genomics; and experience with programming languages for data analysis. Please submit a cover letter with your application.