Hiring: Research Associate II, Horns Lab Company: Arc Institute Location: Palo Alto, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-14 10:24:40 Target Skills & Keywords : AI, Assembly, CV, Python, R, REST About the job Experience: •2+ years of relevant experience in an academic or industry setting (including independent lab work during your undergraduate studies). Required Skills: •In this position, you will contribute to developing the next generation of platform technologies for monitoring and manipulating cells in living animals, and gain expertise in molecular biology, cell engineering, viral vector production, and in vivo models. •Have the opportunity to work with world-leading scientists in relevant fields, including single-cell genomics, computational biology, and molecular engineering. •Help take this system into living animals, engineering systems that report the transcriptome of specific cell populations from a blood draw and enable tracking of how tissues respond to perturbations. •This is a great stepping stone for candidates looking to enroll in a PhD program in the future, as you will be involved in designing projects from the ground up and co-authoring papers. Qualifications: •You love science and learning. Whether it’s gaining knowledge in new fields of scientific research or learning a new lab technique, you never stop being curious and routinely enjoy stepping out of your comfort zone to learn new things. •You can work fast and are detail-oriented. You are careful, meticulous, and diligent about good documentation practices, good lab practices, and keeping things organized while moving at a rapid pace. •You love to collaborate and help others. Science is a team effort, and you pride yourself in taking the initiative to participate and to offer help. •You are a problem solver. Building new technologies comes with issues you need to troubleshoot. You pride yourself in your ability to troubleshoot complex problems. •You are comfortable working with animals. Mouse work is central to this role and you perform it with care, rigor, and adherence to approved protocols. •You explicitly wish to use this experience to gain entry into a PhD program and are able to provide a minimum 2-year commitment to build a portfolio of work to support you in that endeavor. •In this position, you will •Utilize a wide array of molecular biology techniques, such as restriction cloning, Gibson assembly, DNA/RNA isolation, cDNA synthesis, PCR, qPCR, NGS library preparation, and more. •Perform in vivo experiments in mice, including vector administration, longitudinal monitoring, and collection and processing of blood and tissue samples. •Produce and characterize viral vectors for in vivo delivery. Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!