Hiring: Research Associate II, Konermann Lab Company: Arc Institute Location: Palo Alto, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-03 10:24:40 Target Skills & Keywords : AI, R, REST About the job Experience: •2+ years of relevant experience (including independent lab work during your undergraduate studies) incorporating strong hands-on experience with cell culture techniques and cell-based assays. Required Skills: •The base salary for this position is $75,900. This amount does not include benefits or other forms of compensation. Qualifications: •You are curious and eager to learn about unsolved questions in biological medicine. •You love to tackle difficult biological problems that are critical to advancing mechanistic understanding and therapeutics for neurodegeneration. •Perseverance and critical thinking are your strengths in testing hypotheses and designing experiments •You are detail-oriented. You are careful and diligent about good documentation practices and good lab practices. •You love to collaborate and help others. Science is a team effort and you pride yourself in taking the initiative to help out. •Perform molecular and cellular experiments including mammalian cell culture, transfection, Western blot, RT-qPCR, and immunostaining. •Perform imaging-based screening at the organelle level (particularly, lysosome and lipid droplet) •Perform lipid-based assay including lipid extraction and lipidomics •Collaborate closely with a scientist in the laboratory to conduct large-scale screening of genetic modifiers of neurological diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease using stem cell-derived brain models. •Learn various cutting-edge techniques while participating in a project at the intersection of neuroscience, stem cell biology, and genomics. 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!