Senior Research Technician - Allen Discovery Center

The Allen Discovery Center is dedicated to the advancement of basic biology and biomedicine, and to using an integrated approach to control biological structure and function. Through a combination of molecular genetics, biophysics, and computational approaches, researchers at the Center work toward a multi-level control of patterning. Novel technology is being developed to modulate the bioelectric communication that enables cells to coordinate their activities toward specific anatomical and functional outcomes. This new type of epigenetic control has significant implications for developmental biology, evolution, unconventional computation, and synthetic bioengineering. Applications in progress include the repair of birth defects, regenerative medicine, cancer reprogramming, and synthetic biology.

We are seeking a versatile, experienced, and highly motivated senior research technician, who will report to a senior scientist working at our Center. This individual will assist this researcher with a broad range of electrophysiology and cell culture techniques, including cell culture plating and maintenance (such as making stock solutions, media changes and culture splitting), conducting traditional patch-clamp experiments, and confocal imaging. The ideal candidate must have electrophysiology experience, be detail-oriented, experienced in producing reproducible high- quality data, able to independently manage multiple concurrent tasks, and be an excellent verbal and written communicator.