Senior Research Associate/Research Associate, Pharmacology

Company Summary:
FL87, Inc. is a privately held, early-stage biotechnology company developing a novel approach to gene therapy that can address currently untreatable diseases.

FL87 was founded by Flagship Pioneering, an innovation enterprise that conceives, creates, resources, and grows first-in-category life sciences companies. Flagship Pioneering has created over 100 groundbreaking companies over the past twenty years, all of which are pioneering novel and proprietary biological, industrial, and engineering approaches to solve major needs in human health and sustainability. These companies include Moderna (MRNA), Syros Pharmaceuticals (SYRS), Seres Therapeutics (NASDAQ:MCRB), Generate Biomedicines, Tessera Tx, Evelo Biosciences (EVLO), and Indigo Agriculture.

Position Summary:

We are searching for a motivated Research Associate or Sr. Research Associate to drive in vivo studies for platform development and therapeutic proof-of-principle. More broadly, we are looking for an individual who enjoys working with animal models and brings scientific rigor, intellectual curiosity, enthusiasm, and a desire to innovate new nucleic acid therapeutics. This individual will have the opportunity to work in a dynamic and fast-paced entrepreneurial environment, working as part of a highly collaborative and rapidly growing team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Execution and analysis of animal experiments to assess in vivo efficacy, safety, and PK/PD profiles of novel nucleic acid therapeutics.
• Provide scientific and technical perspectives to advance platform development.
• Develop in-house capabilities to support work performed at CROs.
• Effectively communicate experimental findings in oral, written, and visual formats.
• Work independently and collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team environment.

Qualifications:

• BS or MS in relevant discipline with 2+ years of industry experience. Level will be based on experience. 
• Experience executing in vivo studies, ideally involving gene delivery and/or nucleic acid based therapeutics in rat or mouse. 
• Experience with dosing of therapeutics via intravenous, intraperitoneal, subcutaneous routes of administration. 
• Experience collecting material (blood, tissue, etc) for ex vivo analysis and processing with ex vivo analytical assays such as ELISA, FACS, MSD, qPCR, etc.
• Experience with histological tissue analysis (IHC/IF, ISH, H&E, etc.) is a plus. 
• Experience with various mouse and rat models of diseases is a plus.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, multidisciplinary, and rapidly growing biotech environment.

 

More About Flagship Pioneering

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Flagship Pioneering conceives, creates, resources, and develops first-in-category life sciences companies to transform human health and sustainability. Since its launch in 2000, the firm has applied a unique hypothesis-driven innovation process to originate and foster more than 100 scientific ventures, resulting in over $34 billion in aggregate value. To date, Flagship is backed by more than $4.4 billion of aggregate capital commitments, of which over $1.9 billion has been deployed toward the founding and growth of its pioneering companies alongside more than $10 billion of follow-on investments from other institutions. The current Flagship ecosystem comprises 41 transformative companies, including:  Axcella Health (NASDAQ: AXLA), Denali Therapeutics (NASDAQ: DNLI), Evelo Biosciences (NASDAQ: EVLO),  Foghorn Therapeutics, Indigo Ag, Kaleido Biosciences (NASDAQ: KLDO), Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA), Rubius Therapeutics (NASDAQ: RUBY), Sana Biotechnology, Seres Therapeutics (NASDAQ: MCRB), and Syros Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: SYRS).

We believe pioneering is best done by teams, and that it is a process that can be taught, learned, and replicated.  Learn more about our Company Creation Model.

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