Senior Research Assistant in Cardiovascular Regenerative Biology
Core
Lead routine maintenance, expansion, and quality control of human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC) cultures and support generation of disease-specific cellular models for cardiovascular research.
Role type
Senior Research Assistant (Cardiovascular Regenerative Biology)
Builds
Disease-specific cellular models, engineered cardiac tissues, and cardiac organoids for translational research.
Domain
Biomedical research, stem cell biology, cardiovascular disease modeling
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
hiPSC culture and maintenance, directed differentiation into cardiomyocytes, cardiac organoid generation, flow cytometry, immunofluorescence, qPCR, histology, tissue processing, laboratory operations management, mentoring students
Preferred skills
Experience with patient-derived stem cell lines, troubleshooting complex differentiation workflows, contributing to research publications
Technologies
hiPSC, cardiomyocytes, cardiac organoids, flow cytometry, immunofluorescence, qPCR, histology
Responsibilities
Maintain and expand hiPSC cultures, perform directed differentiation, generate and characterize cardiac organoids, conduct molecular and cellular analyses, optimize differentiation protocols, manage laboratory operations, mentor laboratory personnel
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
