Innovation Fellow

Emeryville, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 8000 - 12000

Posted on: 14 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

A Bit About Us

We are Arcadia Science an evolutionary biology company founded and led by scientists. Our mission is to turn natural innovations into real-world solutions by developing systematic and quantitative approaches to leveraging biology for therapeutics R&D. We share our research as openly as possible to accelerate discovery and make our work broadly useful.

The Opportunity

Were closing the gap between biological data and biological understanding. Our Pilots advance this work by rapidly testing new ways to measure model and interpret biology. What works becomes reusable tools for the rest of Arcadia and beyond. Pilots drive the adoption of new technology and research topics within Arcadia and may also be a source of IP licensing and spin-outs. Read more about our work through ourpublications.

We are seeking an Innovation Fellow to join our Pilots team for a 3-month fellowship. This is an ideal opportunity for scientists who are in the final stages of their PhD or postdoc training and want to experience doing fast-paced high-risk research in an industry setting.

Innovation Fellows will prototype tools or devise novel approaches for efficient scientific inquiry using strategically chosen biological questions as a test bed. Fellows will scope pilot projects with clear decision points with the goal of publishing their work openly by the end of the fellowship.

Areas of Focus

The two most important qualities were looking for are generativity (the ability to identify and develop new research projects) and strong scientific strategy to align your work with Arcadias goals and efficiently de-risk ambitious research directions. Beyond that were looking for candidates with skills that span computational and experimental biology. This may include:

- Tool and technology development for biological research

- Independent experimental design and execution

- Data analysis pipeline development

- Novel assay development or adaptation

- Integrating computational predictions with experimental validation

- Working across diverse organisms and cell types

What Youll Do

Execute a defined pilot project in coordination with current team members
Familiarize yourself with internal platform capabilities
Identify key risks early and optimize for failing fast so that promising directions can be pursued and dead ends abandoned quickly
Establish and track go/no-go decision points for your project
Collaborate with Arcadias technically diverse team
Keep detailed experimental records and documentation for all workflowsContribute to collaborative ideation around new pilots
Publish results openly and share data code protocols and methods by the end of the fellowship

Qualifications

PhD in life sciences bioengineering or a related field (3 years post-PhD experience preferred)
Hands-on experience in wet lab work and computational analysis
Strong programming skills (Python and/or R required; familiarity with bash and version control)
Ability to work independently while collaborating with cross-functional teams
Strong writing skills verbal communication skills and comfort with rapid iteration
Experience troubleshooting experimental or computational challenges

$8000 - $12000 a month

Fellows will receive a competitive monthly stipend. Travel and relocation support is available for candidates relocating temporarily to the Bay Area.

What We Look For

The first thing we look for is technical talent at the leading edge of a field. To us this means independent and generative scientists doing basic research that has the potential to produce evidence challenging standard practices. This is true for all of our roles: whether someone is an individual contributor or a people manager we want researchers pushing their field forward.

More tactically we are looking for people who are quick to act and can articulate themselves clearly through writing. Our team is flexible and often needs to pivot to match the pace of development at the cutting edge of multiple fields. Bias to action is key. Writing independently is crucial since we share everything we think is valuable to the community and will help us move our research forward.

We try to develop novel approaches for every aspect of our science and everyone on our team is expected to innovate in their domain. This is not easy and wont be for everyone. We believe a culture where this is possible stems from how we act.

Location

This fellowship is on-site at our Emeryville California lab and office for the full 3-month duration. For qualified candidates we are willing and able to sponsor visas and provide a travel/relocation stipend if needed.

Application Process

Interested applicants should apply using the link below. We expect to review applications at a monthly cadence.

Due to anticipated volume we may not be able to respond to all applicants. If you advance beyond initial review we will let you know.

A Bit About UsWe are Arcadia Science an evolutionary biology company founded and led by scientists. Our mission is to turn natural innovations into real-world solutions by developing systematic and quantitative approaches to leveraging biology for therapeutics R&D. We share our research as openly as...