Staff Openings
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Accounting Analyst II
Administration and OperationsWe are seeking a talented and enthusiastic individual to join our growing community as an accountant. This individual acts as an accounting resource for the Institute and assists in the management of the day-to-day accounting and operations at the Wyss Institute. They have a variety of responsibilities will work closely with the sponsored projects and procurement teams. [47925BR]
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Financial Analyst II
Administration and OperationsWe are seeking a talented and enthusiastic individual to join our growing community as a financial analyst. This individual assists in the management of the day-to-day financial operations at the Wyss Institute. They will have a variety of responsibilities. They will work closely with the Sponsored Projects and Procurement teams to ensure accurate coding for the capital assets and track spending against various funding sources. They will assist with the design, implementation, and maintenance of a financial management infrastructure to efficiently and effectively support the fiscal activities at the Wyss Institute. [47930BR]
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Microfluidic Cell Based Assays Scientist for Viral Infection
Research and Technology DevelopmentAs part of the Bioinspired Therapeutics & Diagnostics platform, we are currently seeking a research assistant that will significantly contribute to a research program involving the use of microfluidic in vitro models to study cancer and the role of the stroma and immune response. The successful candidate will also work with our internal drug discovery team to leverage this knowledge to identify and develop novel anti-cancer therapies. He or she will be responsible for the optimization and execution of microfluidic Organ on Chip primary cell culture and the development and validation of various in-vitro cell based assays, including, but not limited to cell based qPCR/TaqMan, ELISA, westerns, enzymatic assays, imaging, and flow cytometry. [47949BR]
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Research Assistant II – Diagnostics
Research and Technology DevelopmentWe are seeking a candidate to work on exosome research. The RAII will work with the team at the Wyss Institute, primarily within David Walt’s lab and the newly established Diagnostics Platform, on questions pertaining to both the basic biology of extracellular vesicles, as well as technology development with regard to neurodegenerative disease diagnostics. The RAII will carry out a variety of experimental biological techniques including cell culture, exosome isolation from cell culture media and biological fluids, protein biochemistry, and RNA analysis [47778BR ]
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Research Assistant II – High throughput imaging technology development and validation
Research and Technology DevelopmentWe are seeking a talented individual to work as a Research Assistant II in Peng Yin’s lab. The role would include direct collaboration with clinical investigators to apply newly developed technologies to samples of interest. The candidate will have many opportunities to plan, perform, and help develop imaging-based tissue assays. The lab specializes in developing new transformational imaging techniques, and the successful candidate will work to optimize and apply these to biological and clinical samples. [47797BR]
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Research Assistant II – Immuno-Assay Development
Research and Technology DevelopmentWe are seeking a Research Assistant II in the Immuno-Materials and Programmable Nanomaterials platform. This person will assist Wyss faculty and researchers in translating proof-of-principle experiments with major focus in immunology endpoints, from the laboratory to prototypes for commercially viable products. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, medical implants, drug delivery, immunotherapy of cancer and infectious diseases, delivery of DNA constructs and other biomaterials in vivo to understand mechanism(s) of action of such novel products. The candidate will have many opportunities to plan, perform, develop, as well as transfer immune cell based assays as appropriate, while characterizing biomaterial-based human therapeutics. [47315BR]
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Research Assistant III – Microbiology
Research and Technology DevelopmentWe are seeking a Research Assistant for the Bioinspired Therapeutics and Devices platform. We are looking for a motivated individual that will be part of a multidisciplinary team working on developing state-of-the-art vaccines against pathogens designed to address unmet medical needs. The position includes developing processes involving the capture, detection, and quantification of pathogens from samples. The candidate will be responsible for the microbial culture, and assay of samples for both vaccine production and testing of efficacy. The position will require the candidate to work in a multidisciplinary team of biologist and engineers, present their work at weekly meetings and write appropriate scientific articles. [48128BR]
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Research Assistant III – Tissue Culture/Bio-Manufacturing
Research and Technology DevelopmentWe are seeking a talented and enthusiastic individual to work as a research assistant in the Immuno-Materials (IM) platform, which focuses on making therapies more effective and practical by developing materials that interface with immune cells to boost, redirect, or suppress their function. The research assistant would work alongside Wyss faculty, researchers, and students in advancing the bio-manufacturing process of therapeutic T cell products using emerging material technologies. [47505BR]
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Research Assistant IV- Microfluidic cell based assays
Research and Technology DevelopmentWe are seeking a research assistant, that will significantly contribute to a research program involving the use of cell culture and microfluidic in vitro models to support our efforts in novel drug discovery and antibody delivery for multiple organs, including the blood-brain barrier and liver. The successful candidate will be responsible for the optimization and execution of microfluidic Organ-on-Chip primary cell culture and the development and validation of various in-vitro and cell-based assays, including, but not limited to cell-based qPCR/TaqMan, ELISA, westerns, enzymatic assays, imaging, and flow cytometry. [48170BR]
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Staff Assistant III
Research and Technology DevelopmentWe are seeking a talented and enthusiastic individual to join our community as a Staff Assistant III. They will provide daily reception desk coverage by greeting and directing all visitors and staff in a fast paced and dynamic research environment, schedule interviews and meetings, order supplies, process packing slips, place catering orders, schedule conference rooms, order and distribute tickets for parking validation, arrange transportation, process reimbursements and support the Administrative Services Team as well as Institute events. The Staff Assistant III must have strong communication and writing skills, handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion, multitask and prioritize competing demands, anticipate problems and proactively resolve them. [48020BR]