Scientist, Cellular Biology

What if… you could join an organization that creates, resources, and builds life sciences companies that invent breakthrough technologies to transform health care?

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

In today's healthcare system, disease diagnosis often relies on invasive procedures, such as biopsies, which enable direct interrogation of cellular and tissue health at the suspected source of disease. Due to their invasiveness, cost, and general inconvenience to the patient, biopsies are often conducted after onset of symptomatic disease presenting one of the largest barriers to delivering interventions early in disease progression when they are likely to be most impactful. Flagship Labs 103, Inc. is a privately held early-stage company that is building advanced technological and computational platforms to pioneer the detection of cellular dynamics from minimally invasive biospecimens that can be leveraged to connect individuals to the most effective interventions to prevent onset and progression of disease.

FL103 was founded by Flagship Pioneering, an innovation enterprise dedicated to originating and developing companies that invent breakthrough technologies that transform health care, agriculture, and sustainability. Since Flagship's founding in 2000, the firm has originated and fostered more than 100 scientific ventures including Moderna Therapeutics, Generate Biomedicines, and Indigo Agriculture.

THE ROLE

FL103 is seeking a highly motivated and experienced cellular biologist with experience working with extracellular vesicles to join our early-stage biotech company. The successful candidate will be a driven, experienced scientist who is enthusiastic about developing state-of-the-art techniques to pioneer the detection of cellular dynamics from minimally invasive biospecimens. The position will provide a unique opportunity to play a foundational role in the development of FL103's innovative bioplatform.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design and execute cellular biology experiments to support key hypotheses
• Develop laboratory protocols and optimize workflows to build the foundation of FL103's platform
• Maintain scientific and technical expertise through familiarity with scientific literature
• Coordinate with Contract Research Organizations (CROs) and external collaborators
• Communicate experimental results effectively through oral presentations and written reports, ensuring clear and concise dissemination of information to the FL103 team
• Help lead, mentor, and build experimental team

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS

• PhD in Biology, Cellular Biology, or a related discipline with 0-4 years of industry / post-doctoral experience
• Demonstrated experience isolating and interrogating extracellular vesicles
• Experience establishing and maintaining mammalian cell cultures
• Experience with a broad range of molecular assays (Western Blots, ELISA, qPCR, imaging etc.)
• General experience with proteomics, RNA sequencing, and microscopy (preferred)
• Experience working with a variety of biomaterials (tissues, blood, primary cells, etc.) (preferred)
• Demonstrated ability to be a thoughtful contributor to experimental design and data analysis
• Ability to manage multiple projects, working both independently and collaboratively within a dynamic team
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to present results and scientific data to the internal team and/or collaborators
• Highly attentive to detail, flexible, and curious
• Enthusiastic about playing a pivotal role in building the foundation of a new biotech company

ABOUT FLAGSHIP PIONEERING

Flagship Pioneering invents and builds platform companies, each with the potential for multiple products that transform human health, sustainability and beyond. Since its launch in 2000, Flagship has originated more than 100 companies. Many of these companies have addressed humanity's most urgent challenges: vaccinating billions of people against COVID-19, curing intractable diseases, improving human health, preempting illness, and feeding the world by improving the resiliency and sustainability of agriculture.

Flagship has been recognized twice on FORTUNE's "Change the World" list, an annual ranking of companies that have made a positive social and environmental impact through activities that are part of their core business strategies and has been twice named to Fast Company's annual list of the World's Most Innovative Companies. Learn more about Flagship at www.flagshippioneering.com.

At Flagship, we accept impossible missions to enable bigger leaps. Our core values guide us through uncertainty and toward lasting impact.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

We recognize that great candidates often bring unique strengths without fulfilling every qualification. If you have some of the experience listed above but not all, please apply anyway. We are dedicated to building diverse and inclusive teams and look forward to learning more about your background and interest in Flagship.

Recruitment & Staffing Agencies: Flagship Pioneering and its affiliated Flagship Lab companies (collectively, "FSP") do not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of unsolicited resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to FSP or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Flagship Pioneering's internal Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of FSP, and FSP will not owe any referral or other fees with respect thereto.

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The salary range for this role is $100,000 - $143,000. Compensation for the role will depend on a number of factors, including a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies, and experience. FL103 currently offers healthcare coverage, annual incentive program, retirement benefits and a broad range of other benefits. Compensation and benefits information is based on FL103's good faith estimate as of the date of publication and may be modified in the future.