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Senior Research Associate - Technology Development

Profluent · Emeryville, California, United States; On-site · On-site

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About Profluent

The next frontier is authoring new biology, and with AI, we have the power to write the future—creating solutions that transform medicine, agriculture, and beyond. Backed by Insight and Air Street.

About the role

Profluent is seeking a creative, passionate, and detail-oriented individual to join our Technology Development team and contribute to the development and application of high-throughput workflows for genome editing.

What they're looking for

  • Develop, execute, and automate arrayed and pooled mammalian cell-based gene editing assays
  • Design and execute low and high throughput plasmid cloning campaigns for construction of DNA libraries
  • Leverage variety of readouts, including plate-based assays, flow cytometry, and next generation sequencing (NGS)
  • Perform mammalian cell culture and transfection
  • Precisely track and document experimental samples, assay data, and results
  • Analyze experimental data and interpret results
More about this role

Profluent is the frontier AI lab for biology. Profluent builds powerful foundation models for all of life's molecules, unlocking solutions that transform medicine, agriculture, and beyond. Founded in 2022 and headquartered in Emeryville, CA, Profluent is backed by leading investors including Altimeter Capital, Bezos Expeditions, Spark Capital, Insight Partners, Air Street Capital, AIX Ventures, and Convergent Ventures and has raised over $150M to date.

Profluent is seeking a creative, passionate, and detail-oriented individual to join our Technology Development team and contribute to the development and application of high-throughput workflows for genome editing.

  • You will conceptualize, develop, execute, and scale arrayed assays for gene editing in mammalian cells for a well-scoped, external facing project.
  • You will collaborate internally to develop and improve novel and existing assays and processes.

In both areas, you will work at the intersection of biology, automation, and data to advance cutting-edge research. You will drive impactful projects and contribute to the conception, design, analysis, and interpretation of experiments. You will bring creative,...

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