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RA / SRA (Molecular Biology)

Employer
Abalone Bio
Location
Emeryville, California, US
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
Oct 16, 2021

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Sector
Consultancy/Private Sector
Field
Conservation science
Discipline
Biology
Salary Type
Salary
Employment Type
Full time
RA / SRA (MOLECULAR BIOLOGY)

About Abalone Bio: Abalone Bio is a preclinical-stage biotechnology company developing antibody drugs for G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), ion channels and other membrane protein targets. We are developing our own therapeutics as well as partnering with pharmaceutical companies to discover drug candidates for their targets. Founded in 2017, Abalone is based in the Bay Area (Emeryville, California) and is a Y Combinator alumni (WC20). Check us out at

Who are we looking for? Abalone Bio is seeking a collaborative and highly motivated RA / SRA to join our team working to advance and support our core functional antibody discovery and development activities. The successful RA will work with our cross-functional R&D team to optimize and execute Abalone Bios yeast-based antibody discovery technology platform and to identify, optimize, and characterize antibody drug candidates. This role is a unique opportunity to have a direct impact on previously untreatable diseases by discovering and developing rare functional antibody drugs.

What youll do:

* Incorporate drug target receptors into our discovery platform and optimize for antibody discovery

* Design, construct, and characterize antibody libraries

* Perform yeast cell-based selections for functional antibodies and characterize hits

* Generate and analyze NGS data for identification of functional antibody hits

* Contribute to lab operations

What you bring to the team:

* BS or MS degree in molecular biology, microbiology, biochemistry, immunology or a related field.

* 1+ years hand-on experience designing, executing, and troubleshooting experiments (outside of a classroom environment) is required.

* Strong background in molecular biology and recombinant DNA technology skills is required.

* Prior experience culturing and engineering microbes is required.

* Hands-on experience generating DNA constructs (e.g. by Gibson assembly, CRISPR, etc.) is required.

* Experience with cell-based assays, microscopy, and flow cytometry preferred but not required.

* Data analysis using R, Python or similar shell-scripting computational tools preferred but not required.

* Recombinant protein purification and analysis preferred but not required.

What do we offer?

* Competitive salary

* Stock options

* Insurance coverages including health, dental and vision

* 401K and company match

* Generous paid time off and paid holidays

* Close to public transportation (Amtrak, AC Transit)

* Highly collaborative and fun work environment

Abalone Bio provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants. We seek to build a company that promotes inclusion and expands the diversity of our industry as a whole. We encourage people with identities underrepresented in biotech to apply.

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