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General Proximity · San Francisco, CA · On-site

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About General Proximity

General Proximity pioneers next-generation medicines by controlling biological processes through proximity. Redefining the future of medicine for all humankind. Backed by Y Combinator and Felicis.

About the role

Interested in working with us but don't see a position that fits? Send us your resume/CV by applying here, and we will add you to our talent pool and reach out once we find a good fit! Intensity and Grit. Early-stage startups are hard. Drug discovery is doubly so. We are looking for candidates who have a demonstrated ability to stick with complex problems for the long haul, with a team that has your back along the way.

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Interested in working with us but don't see a position that fits? Send us your resume/CV by applying here, and we will add you to our talent pool and reach out once we find a good fit!

General Proximity is a seed-stage startup developing the next generation of induced proximity medicines (IPMs). Our OmniTAC drug discovery engine furnishes molecules that co-opt existing cellular machinery to overcome therapeutic challenges, which have remained unapproachable to other modalities for decades.

We are seeking first-rate scientists to help us pioneer this uncharted frontier of drug discovery.

A long-standing challenge in drug discovery is the development of molecules capable of modulating difficult or "undruggable" targets. Disease-causing proteins can be dysfunctional in many different ways, but our armamentarium for fixing them is quite limited. The most common mechanism of action for FDA-approved drugs is inhibition [1] , but there are many other possible perturbation types whose potential remains unrealized.

General Proximity is a seed-stage drug discovery company developing a novel platform technology to solve this problem. We make bifunctional drugs that induce the modification of...

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