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- Stipend / salary
- As per norms
- Qualifications mentioned
- PhD
- Posted
- 9 Oct 2026 · Academia
About this position
POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE, MAMMALIAN SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY , Biological Engineering – Weiss Lab , to join an interdisciplinary academic research lab focused on creating integrated biological systems capable of autonomously performing useful tasks and elucidating design principles for engineering complex cellular and tissue phenotypes; design, build, and test mammalian synthetic gene circuits, including sensing modules (e.g., RNA/miRNA/metabolite-responsive elements), logic/control elements, and output programs that drive measurable cellular behaviors; engineer and maintain mammalian cell lines; perform genome engineering and targeted integration workflows; validate engineered lines using standard molecular and cellular assays; and plan and execute experiments to characterize circuit performance using flow cytometry, microscopy, RT-qPCR, sequencing-based readouts, ELISA, and related methods. Job Number: 25641 Description, requirements, and details on MIT HR Job Openings .