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The Company:
Quotient Therapeutics, Inc. is a privately held, early-stage company developing a novel genomics platform and therapeutics for diseases with a large unmet need.
Position Summary:
Execute target validation experiments using in vitro model systems aimed to validate targets identified from Quotient platforms.
Responsibilities:
- Work under the supervision of senior members of the team and assist in designing and implementing research protocols.
- Perform laboratory experiments in line with the project goals in the field of immunology.
- Apply various laboratory techniques including flow cytometry, ELISA, qPCR, Western blotting, and primary cell isolation and culture.
- Conduct in vitro and ex vivo immune assays, including immune cell stimulation and cytokine assays.
- Collect, analyze and interpret scientific data accurately.
- Maintain precise experimental records and documentation.
- Contribute to the preparation of research articles, reports and presentations.
- Follow lab safety procedures and rules to ensure a safe working environment.
- Participate in regular team meetings to discuss progress, challenges, and future plans.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Immunology or related field.
- Minimum of 3 years of laboratory research experience
Location: Cambridge, MA
About Flagship
Flagship Pioneering is a biotechnology company that invents and builds platform companies, each with the potential for multiple products that transform human health or sustainability. Since its launch in 2000, Flagship has originated and fostered more than 100 scientific ventures, resulting in more than $90 billion in aggregate value. Many of the companies Flagship has founded have addressed humanity’s most urgent challenges: vaccinating billions of people against COVID-19, curing intractable diseases, improving human health, preempting illness, and feeding the world by improving the resiliency and sustainability of agriculture. Flagship has been recognized twice on FORTUNE’s “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, and has been twice named to Fast Company’s annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies. Learn more about Flagship at www.flagshippioneering.com.
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