Senior Associate Scientist, Histologist

2 days ago

Cambridge MA United States Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Full time
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Overview

The Pathology team is seeking a Senior Associate Scientist, Histologist. Experience working in a histology laboratory is essential. An understanding of anatomy and histology processes, including but not limited to grossing, tissue embedding and sectioning of paraffin and OCT blocks is required.

Key Responsibilities

  • Histotechnology including trimming, processing, embedding, sectioning and staining (H&E, special stains) of tissue samples (including but not limited to rodent, nhp, rabbit and human tissues).
  • General laboratory assistance including ordering and receiving of lab supplies, preparation of reagents, and histology lab equipment maintenance
  • Maintain regulatory compliance, SOPs, incident reporting and training
  • Filing of slides and blocks
  • Identify operational and technical problems and maintain equipment
  • Cross-functional collaboration with the research group and broadly with other departments throughout the company

Some workday hours flexibility dependent on study needs.

Qualifications

  • Minimum Qualifications:
    • BS in life sciences with 3+ years of relevant histology laboratory experience or Masters degree with 2+ years of relevant histology laboratory experience.
  • Essential skills:
    • Microtomy
    • FFPE tissue embedding
    • Operation & maintenance of histology equipment (automated stainers, tissue processors, embedding centers, microtomes)
    • Knowledge of Anatomy
    • Ability to work collaboratively within the team
  • Desirable skills:
    • Experience in biotechnology or CRO-based pathology laboratory setting
    • Experience operating & maintaining a cryostat
    • HT or HTL ASCP certification
    • Experience with data entry
    • Experience with Image capture
    • Experience collecting and reporting laboratory metrics

About Alnylam:Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: ALNY) has led the translation of RNA interference (RNAi) into a whole new class of innovative medicines with the potential to transform the lives of people afflicted with rare and more prevalent diseases. Based on Nobel Prize-winning science, RNAi therapeutics represent a powerful, clinically validated approach to treating diseases at their genetic source by "interfering" with mRNA that cause or contribute to disease. Since our founding in 2002, Alnylam has led the RNAi Revolution and continues to turn scientific possibility into reality.

Our culture:Our people-first culture is guided by our core values: fiercely innovative, open culture, purposeful urgency, passion for excellence, and commitment to people, and these values influence how we work and the business decisions we make. Thanks to feedback from our employees over the years, we've been fortunate to be named a top employer around the world. Alnylam is extremely proud to have been recognized as one of Science Magazine's Top Biopharma Employers, one of America's Most Responsible Companies for 2024 by Newsweek, a Fast Company Best Workplace for Innovators, and a Great Place to Work in Canada, France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, and UK - among others.

At Alnylam, we commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equal employment opportunity. We are dedicated to building an environment where employees can feel that they belong, can bring their authentic selves to work, and achieve to their full potential. By empowering employees to embrace their unique differences at work, our business grows stronger with advanced and original thinking, allowing us to bring groundbreaking medicines to patients.

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