Research Associate
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The Research Associate plans and performs experiments across multiple laboratory projects, including protein cloning, expression, purification, and characterization. The role also involves reviewing literature, preparing reports and presentations, writing manuscripts and grants, mentoring project personnel, and supporting laboratory operations, documentation, and safety compliance.
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Full job description
Plan and perform experiments as they relate to multiple projects in the lab. These include cloning, expressing, and purifying proteins in bacterial and eukaryotic hosts. Characterize proteins using biochemical and biophysical methods. These include but are not limited to quantitative kinetics, protein purity and biochemical activity, and structural methods. Read and summarize literature as it relates to the project; prepare written reports, slide decks, and oral presentations to the lab, funders, and broader scientific community. Write manuscripts, grants, and reports to disseminate key findings; mentor undergraduates, staff scientists, and other personnel as needed on the project. Help to maintain the lab, including helping to purchase, stock, and maintain reagents and equipment. Documentation and compliance with safety and EHS requirements, protocols, and other lab maintenance.
How this job compares
Set against the 1,003 open Research Associate jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$70–85K/yr282 salary ranges
- US median$16–18/hr120 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 185 open Research Associate jobs in Texas and 1,003 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Texas
- UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN (this employer)106 open
- Texas A&M University System30 open
- UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON13 open
- Experience
- Research Associate postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 3 years (278 postings).
- Education
- 546 of the 1,003 open Research Associate jobs (54%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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