Location: Scottsdale, AZ (Located at East Bell Road and the 101)
Compensation: $90,000 - $130,000 Annually (Dependent on Experience)
Employment Type: Full Time with Benefits (Medical, Life, Dental, Vision, and 401k)
Schedule: On-site Monday through Friday. 8-hour day shift. No nights, no weekends, and no major holidays!
About the position
We are seeking a motivated, creative, and experienced Molecular Biologist to join a highly collaborative team focused on revolutionizing precision, and personalized patient care using cutting-edge technologies. The candidate will process patient samples for transcript analysis, imaging, and other bioanalytical platforms. The candidate will also have molecular biology and microbiology expertise including next generation sequencing, library preparation, nucleic acid extraction, as well as experience working with infectious disease samples.
Role Requirements:
- PhD in molecular biology, biology, chemistry, biochemistry, genetics, or related field
- 5+ years of experience in molecular biology techniques including performing high quality nucleic acid (especially RNA) extraction from fresh/frozen tissue, FFPE, blood or other body fluids, next generation sequencing, library preparation, QC analysis for nucleic acid integrity and purity, PCR, and high throughput transcript analysis
- Provides subject matter expertise in development and implementation of molecular assays
- Proficient in mammalian cell culture, circulating tumor cells, proliferation/apoptosis assays, design of experiments including control experiments
- Expert in standard laboratory procedures, molecular biology techniques, documentation, and data analysis
- Experience in preparation of slides for imaging and image analysis
- Ability to troubleshoot, modify, and adapt to new workflows as required for analysis
- Identify and learn new techniques as well as multi-task
- Operate, maintain, and troubleshoot lab equipment
- Excellent collaboration, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills
- Knowledgeable about good laboratory practices and biosafety protocols
- Develop, validate, and execute workflows for nucleic acid and imaging analysis
- Isolate and identify cancer cells using molecular and imaging techniques
- Perform library preparation and NGS
- Extract and purify high quality nucleic acids as well as perform quality control analysis for assessing nucleic acid integrity and purity
- Proactively employ a range of cellular and molecular biology techniques
- Prepare patient samples for analysis using a range of techniques including imaging
- Design and execute experiments, analyze, and interpret the results
- Analyze high throughput data, generate reports, and integrate into LIMS platform
- Collect, prepare and manage SOPs
- Manage the use of laboratory reagents and supplies
- Contribute to scientific publications as needed
- Perform other duties as assigned
Top Skills
What We Do
Envita is the only clinic of its kind, offering an extensive array of proprietary treatments that include the latest in conventional and advanced natural medicine from all over the world. Over the last decade, our mission has been to help our patients return to optimal health by administering the very best treatment options. The name "Envita" means to save and protect life and that is exactly what each and every family member, person and loved one deserves. Envita was founded in 2001 by Dr. Dino D. Prato, a naturopathic doctor from the Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine.
From the very beginning, Envita has been defying barriers of integrative medicine with the true focus of saving lives. Our technology and treatments have reached remarkably unparalleled levels since our beginnings, but our mindset remains the same.
We currently maintain a state of the art center in beautiful North Scottsdale, Arizona, as well as a fantastic biological research and treatment facility in Hermosillo, Mexico at Cima Hospital. Our staff of doctors and treatments has grown to include the best of conventional, as well as advanced natural medicine.
We are proud to say we are one of the world's foremost leaders in integrative medicine for cancer and chronic disease. We chose a name that literally means to save and protect all human life, and we will never lose sight of our mission.
