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Key Responsibilities

If you need an accommodation as part of the employment process please contact: careers@axleinfo.com This role has a market-competitive salary with an anticipated base compensation range listed below.

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OtherScientist

(ID: 2026-2962)

What We Offer

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✓100% Medical, Dental & Vision Coverage for Employees

✓Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays

✓401K match up to 5%

✓Educational Benefits for Career Growth

✓Employee Referral Bonus

✓Flexible Spending Accounts: Healthcare (FSA)

✓Parking Reimbursement Account (PRK)

✓Dependent Care Assistant Program (DCAP)

✓Transportation Reimbursement Account (TRN)

✓Master's degree in Biology, Life Sciences, or a related discipline

✓Genetics

✓PowerPoint

✓Outlook

✓Excel

✓Word

✓Extensive experience as lead investigator on research projects

✓Work products and documents related to performing protein assays, phenotyping of mutant mouse strains, protein functional assays, and other less common assays; performing transfection experiments with plasmids and retroviruses into cell lines or primary mouse cells; and DNA cloning and generation of constructs for gene expression and gene targeting in ES cells — Ad-Hoc

✓Work products and documents related to preparing media, buffers, and chemical reagents; maintaining lab supplies and equipment; and assisting post-doctoral fellows in their own independent projects through consultation and by performing selected key experiments within the contractor's area of expertise — Ad-Hoc

✓Work products and documents related to performing key pilot experiments to test new hypotheses forming the foundation of new research projects; performing cell culture and fetal thymus organ culture; and maintaining a mouse colony for experiments — Ad-Hoc

✓Work products and documents related to analyzing and summarizing data for reports; assessing project direction, performing literature searches, and assisting with identification of new projects and research directions to pursue; and participating in meetings and discussions — Ad-Hoc

✓Meet with lab members to present updates — Weekly

✓Perform protein assays by Western Blotting to detect protein expression and protein associations in T cells from mice — 1

✓Perform transfection experiments with plasmids and retroviruses into cell lines or primary mouse cells — 2

✓Perform DNA cloning and generate constructs for gene expression and gene targeting in ES cells — 3

✓Support the planning and execution of research experiments in the context of the laboratory's overall research program

✓Perform phenotyping of mutant mouse strains by multicolor flow cytometry

✓Perform protein function (signaling) assays on thymocytes and T cells

✓Perform and optimize less common assays, such as phosphatase assay and GTPase assay

✓Perform cell culture and fetal thymus organ culture

✓Maintain a mouse colony for experiments

✓Participate in animal tracking and genotyping by PCR

✓Prepare media, buffers, and chemical reagents as needed

✓Support laboratory staff on research projects and techniques

✓Assist with mentoring and teaching of post-baccalaureate fellows

✓Assist post-doctoral fellows in their independent projects through consultation and by performing selected key experiments within the contractor's area of expertise (protein biochemistry)

✓Maintain and update laboratory notebooks and databases; collect, analyze, and summarize data for reports

✓Participate in laboratory meetings and discussions; review literature for assay techniques and topics of interest

✓In consultation with staff, assess project direction, perform literature searches, and assist with identifying new projects and research directions to pursue

✓Perform key pilot experiments to test new hypotheses forming the foundation of new research projects

✓Maintain laboratory equipment and train others in its use

✓Maintain laboratory supplies and equipment

✓Assist in maintaining adequate space and facilities for ongoing and projected research studies

✓Manage scientific equipment and resources (e.g., reagents, frozen cell stocks, animal samples), including acquisition, documentation, and storage

✓Evaluate, analyze, and interpret research data; communicate results and methods in reports, presentations, and manuscripts

✓Attend international scientific meetings and present findings in oral presentations or as posters, as allowed per STOPS Contract Travel SOP

✓Assist staff in reviewing scientific papers and writing invited review articles and technical experimental methods articles in specific areas of expertise

✓Analyze and summarize data for reporting results; consult with staff regarding techniques and results