What are the responsibilities and job description for the Embryologist position at Theery?
About the Company - Our client is a startup with the mission of generating viable human eggs from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). Successful development of their research could have many benefits, such as removing age limits on motherhood, allowing for easy screening of eggs with harmful genetic mutations, and allowing same-sex couples to reproduce.
About the Role - They are looking for an exceptionally skilled and hard-working Scientist with 5 years of experience in organoid culture, ovarian follicle research, and/or embryology/ IVF to join our R&D team. Your work will focus on developing and optimizing mouse in vitro gametogenesis protocols (Hikabe et al., 2016; Hayashi et al., 2017; Yoshino et al., 2021) to generate a mouse pre-clinical data package. This work will contribute to safety studies needed to advance human in vitro gametogenesis into clinical applications.
Responsibilities:
- You will directly work with ovarian organoids, follicles, eggs, and embryos, with potential involvement in mouse live birth safety studies.
- Experience in microdissection and micromanipulation is highly desirable.
- Embryology experience would be ideal but not required.
- You will contribute to designing and executing critical data for the mouse pre-clinical safety package, including exposure to regulatory strategy planning.
Qualifications - PhD or equivalent work experience
Preferred Skills - While expertise is valued, they can provide training in areas of inexperience if you are passionate about their goal.
