Research Associate, Molecular Biology

Recursion is the clinical-stage biotechnology company decoding biology by integrating technological innovations across biology, chemistry, automation, data science, and engineering to radically improve the lives of patients and industrialize drug discovery. Our team is working to solve some of the hardest, most meaningful problems facing human health today. Come join us in our mission to decode biology to radically improve lives, while doing the most impactful work of your life

The Impact You’ll Make

Recursion is at the forefront of reimagining drug discovery through the integration of automated cell biology, high-dimensional and diverse data sets, and sophisticated analytics. We are seeking a Research Associate in Molecular Biology to help develop new approaches to genetically alter cellular biology and scale these approaches for use in our foundational Phenomics assay. As a Research Associate you will be responsible for helping drive projects forward at the wet bench by producing high quality data. This will require leveraging your skills and knowledge of traditional molecular biology, mammalian cell culture, CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing, and microscopy.

This role is ideal if you are someone who enjoys introducing a different perspective, values process improvement, questions conventional thought, believes that the devil is in the details, and has what we like to call “great hands.”

In this role, you will:

• Build - In joining our world class biology team you will help build the tools that will enable drug discovery and development at unprecedented speed.
• Influence - Perform a driving role in the strategic development of Recursion’s genetic engineering capabilities.
• Collaborate - Work in a cross-functional matrix organization with fellow biologists, chemists, data scientists, and data engineers with a passion for drug discovery.

The Team You’ll Join 

You will join a Biology group that is focused on leveraging all available genetic engineering tools and approaches to create large data sets fit for machine learning. You will be supported by a group of passionate scientists and research associates driven by the opportunity to impact patients. You will collaborate cross-functionally with other biologists, data scientists, engineers, cell culture experts, automation experts, and product managers and learn new skill sets in a highly matrixed and multidisciplinary company.

The Experience and Skills You’ll Need

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Molecular Biology, Cellular Biology, or related Life Sciences field

• 2+ years of applicable hands-on experience in a molecular or cell biology focused research lab beyond undergraduate studies
• Hands on mammalian cell culture experience required
• Standard molecular biology techniques, such as: PCR, RT-qPCR, gene structure and sequence annotation, westerns, immunofluorescence, confocal microscopy, DNA/RNA extraction, sanger sequencing, etc.
• Using the CRISPR-Cas9 system in a research setting
• Ability to follow Standard Operating Procedures
• Able to work as part of a team to produce high quality, decision driving data
• Ability to identify and troubleshoot problems that may adversely affect experiment performance and data quality
• Familiarity with data analysis and graphing software, such as ApE, GraphPad Prism or Spotfire
• Ability to quickly become proficient with new software systems
• Strong organizational and record keeping skills

Nice to have experience:

• Pharma/biotech industry research lab experience is preferred
• Experience transfecting and/or transducing mammalian cell cultures preferred
• Experience culturing and manipulating neuronal cell types
• Experience with automation

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The Values That We Hope You Share:

• We Care: We care about our drug candidates, our Recursionauts, their families, each other, our communities, the patients we aim to serve and their loved ones. We also care about our work.
• We Learn: Learning from the diverse perspectives of our fellow Recursionauts, and from failure, is an essential part of how we make progress.
• We Deliver: We are unapologetic that our expectations for delivery are extraordinarily high. There is urgency to our existence: we sprint at maximum engagement, making time and space to recover. 
• Act Boldly with Integrity: No company changes the world or reinvents an industry without being bold. It must be balanced; not by timidity, but by doing the right thing even when no one is looking.
• We are One Recursion: We operate