What are the responsibilities and job description for the Analytical Development - Cell-Based Assay Intern position at Arcellx?
Who We Are
Arcellx is a public, clinical-stage biotechnology company reimagining cell therapy by engineering innovative immunotherapies for patients with cancer and other incurable diseases. We believe that cell therapies are one of the forward pillars of medicine and our mission is to destroy cancer and advance humanity by developing cell therapies that are safer, more effective, and more broadly accessible.
Our team members are made up of talented innovators and dreamers working from our offices in Rockville, Maryland, and Redwood City, California. At Arcellx, we hire exceptional people and create a fun, diverse, supportive, and informal environment that allows everyone to do their best work.
What Matters To Us
Living our core values is essential to maintaining a work environment that is high-performing, inclusive, and collaborative. We look for candidates who demonstrate strong values alignment and bring different backgrounds, viewpoints, and abilities to the team.
Arcellx Core Values
As an intern, your mission is to develop assays and strategies to support product manufacture and next generation characterization for polyfunctionality of T cells within Arcellx’s Analytical Development group. This role will have a tremendous impact on our pipeline and ability to characterize the modified T cells as novel and effective drugs for patients. Our potentially life-saving treatments would not exist without the work of our talented scientists.
The “Fine Print” – What You’ll Do
Arcellx is a public, clinical-stage biotechnology company reimagining cell therapy by engineering innovative immunotherapies for patients with cancer and other incurable diseases. We believe that cell therapies are one of the forward pillars of medicine and our mission is to destroy cancer and advance humanity by developing cell therapies that are safer, more effective, and more broadly accessible.
Our team members are made up of talented innovators and dreamers working from our offices in Rockville, Maryland, and Redwood City, California. At Arcellx, we hire exceptional people and create a fun, diverse, supportive, and informal environment that allows everyone to do their best work.
What Matters To Us
Living our core values is essential to maintaining a work environment that is high-performing, inclusive, and collaborative. We look for candidates who demonstrate strong values alignment and bring different backgrounds, viewpoints, and abilities to the team.
Arcellx Core Values
- Character: Committed to always doing what’s right.
- Audacity: Willing to challenge convention and share candid feedback with others.
- Determination: Curious and self-motivated. Always looking to improve and learn.
- Collaboration: "No job is too small" mentality. Humble and willing to help others.
- Originality: Will bring your unique perspective to the table and respect a diverse set of views and backgrounds.
As an intern, your mission is to develop assays and strategies to support product manufacture and next generation characterization for polyfunctionality of T cells within Arcellx’s Analytical Development group. This role will have a tremendous impact on our pipeline and ability to characterize the modified T cells as novel and effective drugs for patients. Our potentially life-saving treatments would not exist without the work of our talented scientists.
The “Fine Print” – What You’ll Do
- Commit to 6-10 weeks, full time (40 hours per week) paid internship.
- Professional and personal development curriculum throughout the program, including networking opportunities, workshops and panel discussions.
- Final presentations of projects along with other interns at the conclusion of the program.
- Work with an interdisciplinary team of scientists to develop and perform next generation characterization platform for all existing programs.
- Learn and perform cell-based functional assays, including flow-cytometry based and live cell imaging methods to complete a project over the course of the program under the supervision of manager.
- Process and analyze data using FlowJo, Live-cell imaging software, and other relevant analytical tools and keep accurate and complete lab documentation and electronic files.
- Independently execute experiments while maintaining a collaborative and safe laboratory environment.
- Participate in team meetings, present findings, and contribute to discussions on assay improvement and troubleshooting.
- Currently enrolled in university, pursing an undergraduate or graduate degree in life sciences (e.g. cell/molecular/cancer biology, genetics, immunology, biological engineering or related disciplines).
- Proficiency in cell culture of diverse mammalian cell types.
- Direct experience in performing cell-based assay development.
- Familiarity with immunology and methodology of immune cell analysis.
- The ability to independently plan, organize, and prioritize work activities and the ability to work collaboratively in interdisciplinary teams.
- Effective writing and communication skills with ability to interact effectively with interdisciplinary scientists and engineers.
- Proficiency in multi-color panels, intracellular staining and surface marker analysis.
- Experience with FlowJo, GraphPad Prism, or other data analysis tools.
- Knowledge of T cell biology, cytokine profiling, and immune response assays.
- Prior experience in biopharma, biotech, or academic immunology research labs.
