Senior Research Associate

Berkeley Lab • United States, California • Posted June 19, 2026

About the Role

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has an opening for a Senior Research Associate in their Joint Genome Institute.

Duties:

  • Perform experimental manipulation and sample collection for a set of advanced molecular assays.

  • Perform single-cell profiling of plant tissues undergoing environmental stress, RNA in situ hybridization experiments, confocal microscopy experiments, bacterial construct preparation and cloning, as well as bacterial growth and plant colonization profiling. 

  • Prepare seeds for growth on sterile media and soil and maintain plant growth systems. 

  • Prepare molecular biology buffers and reagents. 

  • Prepare, analyze, and sort plant cells or nuclei. 

  • Prepare, embed, section, and stain plant specimens. 

  • Perform in situ hybridization experiments. 

  • Image tissues using confocal and widefield microscopy. 

  • Perform plant/microbe bioassays....