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Temp Senior Research Associate, Cancer Immunology

Redwood City, CA 94063

Posted: 04/11/2025 Employment Type: Contract Job Category: Scientific Job Number: 618988 Is job remote?: No Country: United States

Job Description

Temp Senior Research Associate, Cancer Immunology
The Opportunity:

  • As a key player in our Cancer Immunology team, you will:

  • Use immunology techniques to perform cutting-edge studies, in vitro and ex vivo, to interrogate key scientific questions about established or candidate drug targets and therapeutic mechanisms

  • Support immune biomarker identification to inform patient selection for monotherapy and combination therapy strategies

  • Collaborate with biochemists, cell biologists and pharmacologists and other members of the team to generate new models and novel insights that fuel drug development

  • Manage and analyze experimental data and present experimental results at internal meetings and scientific conferences

  • In this lab-based role, you will:

  • Execute experimental strategies, using cellular and molecular immunological techniques, to investigate target biology and therapeutic mechanisms of action in in vitro and ex vivo immuno-oncology models

  • Expand our immune-based assay toolbox by implementing new technologies

Required Skills, Experience and Education:

  • Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree in Science with 4+ years of experience in a cell biology/cellular assay development role. Title will be adjusted according to experience.

  • Deep expertise with mammalian cell culture across a variety of cell types (primary and immortalized) and growth conditions. Demonstrated experience handling (maintaining, passaging, plating) multiple cell lines at once.

  • Hands-on experience with a wide range of cellular assay techniques (including, but not limited to, Flow Cytometry, Western Blot, MSD, qPCR) suitable for target identification and/or compound characterization.

  • Rigorous, quantitative, attention to detail, keen to maximize efficiency.

  • Highly organized, and excellent record keeping skills.

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills to facilitate collaboration with project and departmental teams.

  • Innovative, proactive team-player with high energy who will thrive in our fast-paced drug discovery and development environment.

Preferred Skills:

  • Immuno-oncology assays such as T cell proliferation, suppression and killing assays, antigen presentation assays, phagocytosis assays, etc.

  • Experience with primary immune cells, including human PBMC handling, isolation and differentiation.

  • Incucyte cell-based assays.

  • Ex vivo experiments, including murine tissue collection, dissociation, and processing for downstream applications.

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Planet Pharma is an equal opportunity employer. It is our practice not to discriminate against any employee or applicant based on any criteria, condition or basis protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we do business. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply. We celebrate diversity and are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect. We believe that diversity, equity and inclusion enable us to better meet our mission and values while serving our clients across the globe. If you have a disability or handicap and would like us to accommodate you in any reasonable way, please inform your recruiter, or contact us, so that we can discuss the appropriate alternatives available.

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Although this hasn't been an issue at Planet Pharma, the staffing industry has seen an increase in people falsely representing themselves as recruiters to gather personal information from job seekers. For your safety, do not provide sensitive data to anyone you have not spoken with thoroughly and never provide banking information during the application process. Candidate safety is a top priority at Planet Pharma.