Research Technician - Watson Lab

The Watson Lab at UMass Chan Medical School is seeking a Research Technician to support daily lab operations, including tissue culture, cloning, sequencing-based applications, genomics, and functional genetics. The role involves assisting with general lab management tasks, maintaining cell lines, and supporting experiments for a group of graduate students and postdocs.

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree in Biology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, or a related field.
• 0–2 years of relevant lab experience.
• Hands-on experience with basic tissue culture (required).
• Familiarity with DNA sequencing, RNA sequencing, and/or single-cell sequencing methodologies is preferred but not required.
• Additional computational/data analysis experience is a plus.
• Background or interest in tumor and cancer-related research is preferred.
• Exposure to microbiology and basic cloning techniques is a plus but not required.

Benefits

• Opportunities to travel and present at conferences, when applicable.
• The chance to present projects at internal lab and departmental seminar series.
• Mentorship and training from Dr. Watson and senior lab members.
• Experience leading projects as well as supporting other ongoing studies in the lab.
• Opportunities for manuscript authorship.
• Professional development support, including guidance for pursuing graduate or medical school if interested.
• The opportunity to collaborate with peers and colleagues across campus in a highly interactive and discovery-driven environment.