This is an immediate, full-time employment opportunity for an ambitious individual who is looking to be part of cutting edge technology!

The Position: We are currently seeking an enthusiastic, highly motivated Scientist with a background in immunology, cell therapy, and cell engineering to join our collaborative team of scientists. Using our Engineering Platform, the successful candidate will... create and employ engineered cells designed to deliver therapeutic proteins. The ideal candidate will have a strong immunology background and gene editing technologies, experience working with primary cells and setting up cell-based functional assays to measure protein production, cytokine release, cell proliferation, and cell signaling as well as experience measuring cell therapy outcomes in animal models.

As part of a multidisciplinary team of biologists, pharmacologists, and immunologists, the successful candidate will demonstrate the ability to carry out independent and cross-functional teamwork, apply critical thinking and generate reproducible, high-quality data.

The successful candidate will possess the following qualifications:
• Ph.D. scientist with 2+ years of post-degree industry or academic experience in immunology, or B.S. or M.S. in Life Sciences, Biology, Immunology or related field with 8+ years industry experience
• Strong knowledge of immunology and cell biology with expertise in either cancer, regeneration, or rare disease models is desired
• Experience in cell biology with proficiency in primary mammalian cell isolation and tissue culture, cell-based assays, and multi-parameter flow cytometry is required
• Experience with basic molecular biology techniques (PCR, qPCR, Western Blot) is highly desirable
• Familiarity with genetic engineering of primary immune cells using CRISPR and viral based strategies is highly desirable
• Experience with culturing conditions and experience with characterization of engineered cell function using in vitro assays including cytokine/chemokine production, proliferation and cell signaling is highly desirable
• Assist in the design of new cell therapies and assist in in the design of murine models and experiments to evaluate genetically modified cell function in vivo
• Excellent oral and written communication and organization skills. Present scientific rationale, key data, issues and accomplishments to other members of the scientific team.
• Highly organized, detailed documentation of experimental procedures
• Strong computer skills, including commonly used programs: GraphPad Prism, Excel, PowerPoint, FlowJo
• Candidate will be a good fit with company culture and values of highly collaborative, friendly, team-oriented research
San Francisco CA USA

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