What are the responsibilities and job description for the Scientist position at Ixcells Biotechnologies Usa, Inc?
Headquartered in San Diego iXCells Biotechnologies (“iXCells”) is a young and leading cell technology company focused on the generation of predictive human disease models and pursuing patient-specific services by leveraging our expertise in preparing, handling, engineering and differentiating induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) as well as providing primary cells, thereby applying state-of-the-art cell isolation and differentiation protocols and nobel-laureate winning reprogramming and genome editing technologies.
Our mission is to provide patient-specific disease models to enable academic, pharmaceutical and clinical researchers worldwide to accelerate individualized medicine, drug and therapy development approaches.
To this extent the company offers a variety of off-the-shelf and made-on-demand primary and patient-specific iPSC-derived differentiated cells as well as preclinical custom cell engineering and cell differentiation services along with associated services for descriptive and functional cell characterization, compound screening and toxicology testing.
Job Description
Due to business expansion, we are currently seeking a talented and motivated individual with expertise in stem cell biology to join our science team dedicated to developing disease-relevant cellular models. The position is involved in assay development, CRO services and other R&D programs. The candidate is highly desired to have experiences in human iPSC/ESC culture, iPSC reprogramming and CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing techniques, and to independently design and deliver high quality results to meet company’s timelines. This position will involve in management and bench-level activities, as well as interactions with other research teams.