# Histotechnician

Duties: The Oncology Research department is seeking a Histotechnologist / Spatial Biology Specialist to join the Discovery Research team in Ridgefield, CT. This role will support the development and expansion of spatial biology capabilities for preclinical and translational biomarker discovery. The successful candidate will combine a strong foundation in histology and tissue-based assay development with experience in high-plex spatial technologies and quantitative image analysis. The position will play an important role in developing and optimizing high-plex protein staining panels in human and mouse tissues, implementing spatial transcriptomic workflows, and generating high-quality spatial datasets that enable deeper characterization of the tumor microenvironment and tissue biology. This is an ideal opportunity for a scientist who enjoys working at the interface of histology, imaging, and data analysis. We are particularly interested in candidates who can bridge wet-lab experimentation with quantitative approaches and who are excited about establishing and advancing new spatial biology capabilities. Key Responsibilities Spatial Biology & Assay Development Develop, optimize, and e

- **Id**: 3853808
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/planet-pharma-histotechnician>
- **Role**: Field & Service
- **Role family**: Field & Service
- **Employment type**: contractor
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-05T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-05
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-14T11:27:10Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 9
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4114
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no

## Company

- **Id**: 4467183
- **Name**: Planet Pharma
- **Domain**: planet-pharma.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/planet-pharma>
- **Size band**: 201-500
- **Is staffing agency**: yes
- **Employer type**: agency
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Schema

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 82
- **Open postings**: 14
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.929
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 7
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

## Technologies

- **Immunohistochemistry** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 9

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-06T05:02:06Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 3; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 2; Filings 12m: 2

## Liveness

- **Score**: 14
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.25
- **P room**: 0.55
- **Age days**: 9
- **Expected fill days**: 7
- **Reasons**: conf:3, agency, stale_co, velocity, win:tail, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

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