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Staff Scientist

Chicago, IL💼 Full-time💰 $80,000–$80,000🗓 2026-09-04 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead research projects on epitranscriptomic regulation of pancreatic islet biology and diabetes, focusing on m6A-mediated gene regulation.

Role type

Staff Scientist (hands-on IC)

Builds

Novel sequencing-based assays and multi-omics analytical pipelines for endocrine cell research

Domain

Biomedical research / Epitranscriptomics / Diabetes / Pancreatic islet biology

Deliverable

production ML models | research

Required skills

J2-IP-seq, RNA immunoprecipitation, single-cell m6A sequencing, bioinformatics, statistical analysis of genomic datasets, molecular biology, experimental protocol design, mentoring

Preferred skills

Pancreatic islet research, human tissue research, next-generation sequencing technologies, single-cell transcriptomics

Technologies

J2-IP-seq, RNA-seq, single-cell RNA-seq, epitranscriptomic datasets

Responsibilities

Design and execute experimental studies on m6A-mediated gene regulation; develop and optimize sequencing-based assays; perform bioinformatic analyses of bulk and single-cell datasets; integrate multi-omics data; mentor trainees; contribute to manuscripts and grants

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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