Flagship Labs 69, Inc.

Scientist, RNA Biology/mRNA display

Company Summary

 FL69 Inc. is a privately held, early-stage biotechnology company with the vision to revolutionize the human therapeutic landscape. FL69 Inc. was founded by Flagship Pioneering, a team of entrepreneurial scientists that conceives, creates, resources, and grows first-in-category life sciences companies. Since 2000, Flagship has created nearly 100 scientific ventures that are pioneering novel and proprietary biological, industrial, and engineering approaches to solve major needs in human health and sustainability. These companies include Moderna Therapeutics (NASDAQ:MRNA), Seres Therapeutics (MCRB), Syros Pharmaceuticals (SYRS), Rubius Therapeutics (RUBY), Evelo Biosciences (EVLO), Kaleido Biosciences (KLDO), and Indigo Agriculture. FL69 Inc. is a highly dynamic, entrepreneurial, and innovation-driven organization seeking to hire an exceptional scientist to join our team.

Job Description

We are looking for a creative and highly motivated bench scientist to join our team. The ideal candidate has a good understanding of molecular biology and has considerable hands-on experience with mRNA display technology. The successful candidate will be working with FL69 origination team to establish the early-stage company platform, vision and to drive the discovery of transformative medicines.

Responsibilities

•  Leverage knowledge of mRNA display technology to support ongoing target discovery and validation projects
• Design and execute mRNA display-based experiments to support target ID and validation pipeline
• Develop and apply novel high-throughput NGS-based methods to analyze nucleic acids, protein expression, and cell phenotypes
• Interaction with and management of CRO work to expand and diversify internal capabilities
• Collect and interpret data and present to cross-functional teams

Qualifications

• MS in molecular biology, biochemistry, cell biology or related field with 3 years of relevant research experience or BS with 7 years of relevant research experience or PhD with 0-2 years of experience
• A strong background in molecular and RNA biology, hands-on experience with mRNA display methods
• Proficiency with molecular biology, molecular cloning and NGS library preparation
• Experience with cell-free translation assays and luciferase-based translation reporters
• Familiarity with RNA-centric NGS methods such as RNA-seq, Ribo-seq, eCLIP, scRNA-seq
• Strong experimental design, troubleshooting, and data analysis skills
• Excellent communication and organizational skills, including documentation in a laboratory notebook
• Position title and compensation will be determined by years of relevant experience

Flagship Pioneering and our ecosystem companies are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.

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.