About Xaira Therapeutics
Xaira is an innovative biotech startup focused on leveraging AI to transform drug discovery and development. The company is leading the development of generative AI models to design protein and antibody therapeutics, enabling the creation of medicines against historically hard-to-drug molecular targets. It is also developing foundation models for biology and disease to enable better target elucidation and patient stratification. 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.
About the Role
As an Associate Scientist/Senior Research Associate, you will be involved in translational and immunology research efforts to identify and characterize novel therapeutic targets and investigate therapeutic mechanisms of action.
About You
You are a self-driven, dedicated, and creative cell biologist passionate about drug discovery and developing new drugs to address unmet medical needs. You have solid hands-on experience in cell-based assays and immunophenotyping. Collaboration comes naturally to you, and you thrive in a fast-paced environment where the norm is pushing the boundaries of what is possible.
Key Responsibilities
- Plan, design, and conduct in vitro and ex vivo experiments to validate therapeutic targets.
- Perform experiments for pipeline molecule screening.
- Work both independently and collaboratively with team members and cross-functional collaborators.
Qualifications
- B.S. or M.S. in Biological Sciences or a related discipline with a minimum of 5 years of relevant industry experience, preferably in Immunology.
- Hands-on expertise with mammalian cell lines, primary human or mouse cells, and human primary tissues.
- Proven experience with high-quality, immune-relevant assays for MOA evaluations, including but not limited to activation/proliferation assays, co-culture experiments, cytokine analysis, immune phenotyping, and ex vivo culture.
- Extensive experience designing, running, and analyzing multi-color flow cytometry panels (more than 10 colors).
- Experience with ELISA and multiplex technologies, including MSD.
- A highly organized work style with excellent written and oral communication skills
- Ability to work independently and to simultaneously manage multiple tasks
- A meticulous and detail-oriented approach to experimental design, with full commitment to scientific rigor and creative solutions
- A solid understanding of autoimmune and inflammatory mechanisms combined with a passion for pre-clinical drug research as evidenced by previous work experience
- Team player with a collaborative spirit.
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. A Summary of Benefits is available for all applicants. The base pay range for this position is expected to be $85,000 - $135,000 annually; 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.
TO ALL RECRUITMENT AGENCIES: Xaira Therapeutics does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias or employees. Xaira Therapeutics is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
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What We Do
Xaira Therapeutics is an integrated biotechnology company driving advances in artificial intelligence to learn the language of life and transform how we treat disease. The company seeks to rethink the drug discovery and development process from end-to-end by bringing together leading talent across three core areas: machine learning research to better understand biology, expansive data generation to power new models, and robust therapeutic product development to treat disease. Xaira is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area
