Xaira Therapeutics
Associate Scientist, Phage Display (Contract)
South San Francisco, California, United States · Mid
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About the role
- You are an enthusiastic protein biochemist who takes pride in your bench execution skills.
- You are conscientious, detail-oriented, and organized.
- Collaboration comes naturally to you, and you thrive in a fast-paced environment where pushing the boundaries of what is possible is the norm.
Responsibilities
- Build, adapt, and automate display systems to facilitate AI antibody design.
- Establish, develop, and/or optimize cutting edge technologies to enable data generation at scale for AI model training or evaluation
- Design and apply multiple innovative selection techniques to provide data at scale based on ML training needs.
- Design, setup, optimize, and use automation to characterize affinity and function at the clonal level.
Requirements
- Significant hands-on experience with protein discovery workflows including phage or yeast display.
- Bachelor of Science or Master's degree in Molecular Biology, Biology, Biochemistry, or related fields with 2-6 years of industrial experience..
- Familiarity with antibody binding assays and automating them (ELISA, SPR, FACS).
- Proficiency in molecular and cell biology techniques, including mammalian tissue cell culture, and basic skills in molecular biology labs.
- Working knowledge of software and programming for large data set analysis.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to effectively present complex scientific concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Ability to work effectively in a collaborative, multidisciplinary team environment, fostering cooperation and knowledge-sharing among team members
- Significant hands-on experience with protein discovery workflows including phage or yeast display. Experience in library design, build, panning/sorting and validation.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with meticulous attention to detail.
- Schedule Flexibility: Due to the nature of experimental workflows, this role will require availability on weekends (approximately every couple of weeks).
- Expected Contract Duration: 7 Months
- We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package, seeking to provide an open, flexible, and friendly work environment to empower employees and provide them with a platform to develop their long-term careers. A Summary of Benefits is available for all applicants. The base pay range for this position is expected to be $45-$60 hourly
- however, the base pay offered may vary depending on the market, job-related knowledge, skills and capabilities, and experience.
- Xaira Therapeutics an equal-opportunity employer. We believe that our strength is in our differences. Our goal to build a diverse and inclusive team began on day one, and it will never end.
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- About Xaira Therapeutics
- Xaira is an innovative biotech startup focused on leveraging AI to transform drug discovery and development.
- Collectively, these technologies aim to continually enable the identification of novel therapies and to improve success in drug development.
- Xaira is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, and London.
Compensation
- We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package, seeking to provide an open, flexible, and friendly work environment to empower employees and provide them with a platform to develop their long-term careers.
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