# Research Associate II / SR.

Research Associate II/Sr. We are seeking a highly driven and meticulous researcher to join a team developing the next generation of CRISPR-based therapeutics. The current role is for a Research Associate skilled in working with mammalian tissue culture (specifically neural cell types), AAV vectors and molecular biology. The role will work collaboratively across interdisciplinary teams, including protein engineers, process sciences, computational biologists, NGS, and disease experts. Key Responsibilities: Plan and execute in vitro cellular and molecular biology assays, analyze, and document results to support both our molecule engineering platform and CNS biology discovery workstreams.Provide robust, hands-on mammalian tissue culture (TC) support, including routine maintenance and handling of engineered and primary/complex cell lines.Optimize and validate molecular and cell-based assays to support screening. Perform and own routine molecular biology workflows, such as plasmid cloning, bacterial transformations, and minipreps/maxipreps. Run quantitative molecular assays (e.g. CellTiter glow, ELISA, qPCR, ddPCR…) to analyze target efficacy and gene editing outcomes.Communicate resear

- **Id**: 4298247
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/planet-pharma-research-associate-ii-sr->
- **Role**: Science & Research
- **Role family**: Science & Research
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: contractor
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Alameda, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-13T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-13
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-14T11:27:10Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2510
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Cell & Gene Therapy

## 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

- **Cell Culture** — Optional: no
- **CRISPR** — Optional: no
- **ELISA** — Optional: no
- **Flow Cytometry** — Optional: no
- **Molecular Cloning** — Optional: no
- **Next-Generation Sequencing** — Optional: no
- **qPCR** — Optional: no
- **Western Blot** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

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

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-14T02:22:55Z

## 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**: 38
- **Band**: fade
- **Label**: Fading
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.379
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 7
- **Reasons**: conf:3, agency, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

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