Scientist, Stem Cell Biology

The role

The Scientist will build and advance pluripotent stem cell systems to develop stem-cell-derived reproductive cells. This bench-heavy role involves designing, executing, and troubleshooting complex experimental workflows and molecular readouts.

What you will do

• Build and advance pluripotent stem cell systems
• Develop and optimize approaches for PSC derivation, differentiation, and cell-state control
• Design experiments to understand differentiation, cell quality, and developmental progression
• Build molecular and epigenetic readouts to characterize cell identity, quality, and function
• Use experimental and computational data to determine next steps

Required qualifications

• PhD or equivalent experience in stem cell biology, developmental biology, reproductive biology, cell biology, bioengineering, or a related field
• Strong hands-on pluripotent stem cell experience
• Experience with PSC derivation or line establishment, culture, differentiation, and characterization
• Demonstrated ability to independently design, execute, troubleshoot, and interpret experiments

Nice to have

• Worked extensively with human and/or nonhuman primate iPSCs or ESCs
• Experience taking PSCs through differentiation into specialized cell states
• Experience with QC assay development
• Experience with epigenetic characterization
• Experience with 3D culture
• Experience with reproductive or developmental biology
• Experience with computational analysis of genomic readouts
• Experience analyzing and interpreting transcriptomic and epigenetic sequencing data, including bulk and/or single-cell datasets

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Company equity
• Excellent healthcare benefits

About the company

Conception is pioneering the future of reproductive biology by generating functional human eggs from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). The company is well funded and well connected in Silicon Valley.