Machine Learning Co-Op

What ifyou could join an organization that creates resources and builds life sciences companies that invent breakthrough technologies in order to transform health care and sustainability

Metaphore Biotechnologies is harnessing the power of mimicry to make previously intractable drug targets accessible and unlock breakthroughs that outperform todays drugs for maximum patient impact. The companys MIMiC platform is a computationally driven bioplatform designing new therapeutics where function specificity and selectivity are programmable.

Metaphore Biotechnologies is a product of Flagship Pioneerings venture creation engine which has also given rise to companies such as Moderna Therapeutics (NASDAQ: MRNA) Editas Medicine (NASDAQ: EDIT) Omega Therapeutics (NASDAQ: OMGA) Seres Therapeutics (NASDAQ: MCRB) and Indigo Agriculture. Since its launch in 2000 Flagship has applied its unique hypothesis-driven innovation process to originate and foster more than 100 scientific 2021 Flagship Pioneering was ranked 12th globally on Fortunes 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.

Role Overview

Metaphore Biotechnologies is seeking an enthusiastic Machine Learning Co-op to join ourmachine learning-guided therapeutic discovery and development engine for a 6- this role you will work closely with our machine learning scientists to expand ourin silicoscreening capabilities by identifying implementing and evaluating state-of-the-art protein developability models. Your work will directly support our efforts to improve the success rate ofde novoprotein designs by filtering out problematic designs and ranking candidate molecules for role offers hands-on exposure to applying cutting-edge machine learning methods in a biotech ideal candidate will have prior experience with machine learning applications to biomolecules and familiarity with protein will have the opportunity to work closely with members of our machine learning group as well asMetaphores preclinical and platform teams to generate and experimentally evaluate model position offers the chance to join a dynamic team and an environment that encourages development and discussion around new ideas tounlock the potential of molecular mimicry for therapeutics development.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify implement and evaluate externally published state-of-the-art protein property prediction models
• Incorporate validated models into existingin silicoscreening pipelines for producibility improving selection and prioritization of de novo protein designs
• Develop reproducible and documented code
• Collaborate with machine learning platform and preclinical teams to interpret results and guide experimental testing
• Contribute to discussions around new ideas and approaches in machine learning-driven protein design and property prediction

Qualifications

• Undergraduate or graduate student in computational biology machine learning bioinformatics biophysics or a related field
• Strong programming skills in Python and experience with PyTorch
• Prior experience applying protein design or structure prediction models such as ProteinMPNN AlphaFold Boltz RFdiffusion or related tools
• Experience evaluating or benchmarking machine learning models on real biological datasets is a plus
• Solid understanding of molecular biochemistry and biophysics particularly as related to protein folding and with issues related to protein expression stability or manufacturability is a plus.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively in a multidisciplinary team environment

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The pay range for this role is $25 - $35 per hour. This role is a short-term engagement that is not eligible for health and welfare benefits. Retirement benefits may be available after completing a set number of hours. Compensation and benefits information is based on Metaphore Biotechnologies Inc.s good faith estimate as of the date of publication and may be modified in the future.

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