# Research Associate I/II (Temporary), Ex Vivo & Assays at Gordian Biotechnology

- Company: Gordian Biotechnology
- What the company does: Are your hands the ones a lab trusts — the person whose replicates line up, whose cultures stay clean, and whose notes anyone could follow? Gordian’s discovery engine tests hundreds of targets at once, and every promising hit has to prove itself in real... Backed by Stanford.
- Company website: https://gordian.bio
- Type: Startups
- Level: Associate
- Location: South San Francisco, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $66K to $85K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-30
- Apply by: 2026-12-14
- Apply: https://ats.rippling.com/gordian-biotechnology/jobs/84854d54-51f2-4b64-9317-71d733c575f1?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/gordian-biotechnology-research-associate-i-ii-temporary-ex-vivo-and-assays/

## About the role

Your primary mission as a Research Associate is to generate clean, reproducible data that the team can trust the first time. You will run our established protocols for RNA extraction and RT-qPCR, western blot, ELISA, and mammalian cell culture; run biomarker assays on plasma, serum, urine, tissue, and culture samples across our disease indications; and support ex vivo work: processing animal and human donor tissue and establishing primary cell cultures for target validation studies. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- An MS in life science
- Experience in biotech, pharma, or a CRO
- Handling human donor tissue under BSL-2, with bloodborne pathogen training
- Rodent tissue dissection and harvest
- Precision-cut tissue slices, organoids, or iPSC culture
- Multiplex biomarker platforms such as MSD, Luminex, or Simoa

Tags: Ex Vivo

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