Research Associate - Expression (Cell Bio)
Merge Labs
San Francisco, CA · Posted November 7, 2026
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Pay compared with the market
This listing does not state pay. Across 41 open research associate listings that state pay, the middle half runs $63,000 to $95,000 and the median is $75,000.
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How AI is used in this kind of work
AI use among life, physical, and social science technicians, all other is little observed so far. Measured exposure for life, physical, and social science technicians, all other: 10% (little observed).
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About the job
... Research AssociateMerge Labs is a frontier research lab with the mission of bridging biological and artificial intelligence to maximize... ...use as molecular readouts of neural activity.As a Research Associate, you'll work alongside scientists to characterize and improve...