Research Associate, MOAD Returnship

Your work will change lives. Including your own.

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We are building a future where biology is solvable.

The path to new medicines is currently slow and expensive, with high failure rates, leaving millions of patients waiting for new treatment options. Our story is one of innovation: applying AI, vast datasets, and industrial scale to decode biology and accelerate the development of life-changing treatments.

**Recursion’s Returnship Program

**Recursion’s Returnship program, sponsored by the Women at Recursion Employee Resource Group, helps professionals who have taken a break of two or more years from the STEM industry return to the workforce. Participants work in a supportive, learning-focused environment with guidance from their teams and mentors.

Our program benefits both sides. You’ll own projects that directly advance our mission to radically decode biology and serve patients, and you’ll build experience with new, cutting-edge tools and technology. In turn, Recursion gains access to an underutilized pool of talent in Utah and benefits from the skills and experience you’ve built through your work and life.

What you’ll get

• A dedicated mentor who meets with you weekly
• Weekly seminars on workplace culture, communication, and technology
• Support from your team as you re-enter the workforce

Our program runs for sixteen weeks, from March 2027 through the end of June 2027. Depending on performance and business needs, it may lead to full-time employment. This position is primarily based at our Salt Lake City, UT headquarters, with some hybrid flexibility.

**Research Associate Returnship

The Multi-Omics Assay Development (MOAD) team is excited to welcome a Research Associate** with a passion for laboratory-based assay development, critical thinking, and collaboration as part of the Recursion Returnship program. The MOAD team develops biologically relevant cellular based assays for screening on Recursion’s state of the art high throughput screening (HTS) platform to decode biology and improve patient lives.

As a Research Associate on the MOAD team, you will work under the direction of a Senior Scientist and collaborate with cross-functional teams across a variety of areas including MOAD, biology, engineering, data science, HTS, and tissue culture to develop, scale, optimize, and execute biological assays. The MOAD team is seeking an individual with a growth mindset who is a proactive communicator and takes initiative while collaborating with cross-functional teams. Flexibility, attention to detail, and strong time management skills are essential to succeed in this role.

Working as a member of the MOAD team, you will:

• Design and execute cellular based assays: This includes experiment design, project planning, preparing reagents, thawing and culturing cells, performing lipofection, compound addition, and media changes.
• **Develop, op...

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