Postdoctoral Fellow - Cytiva Genomic Medicine

Cytiva • Full-time • Marlborough, MA, US • $100k - $110k / year • 2m ago

Bring more to life.

Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At Cytiva, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.

You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

Working at Cytiva means being at the forefront of providing new solutions to transform human health. Our incredible customers undertake life-saving activities ranging from fundamental biological research to developing innovative vaccines, new medicines, and cell and gene therapies.

At Cytiva you will be able to continuously improve yourself and us – working on challenges that truly matter with people that care for each other, our customers, and their patients. Take your next step to an altogether life-changing career.

Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.

The Postdoctoral Fellow will support Cytiva Innovation in applying a framework bringing entrepreneurial spirit & business focus to exciting scientific research within Life Sciences. We are looking for extraordinary minds with scientific ability and entrepreneurial spirit to join our innovative teams driving the development of world-changing technology.

This position reports to the Director, Reagents and is part of Cytiva's Genomic Medicine division. This role is a fixed rate contract for two years with potential extension into Cytiva's growing R&D team. The eligible candidate will spend the first year at UCSF developing and demonstrating applications to show the utility of LNPs for genetic engineering of primary cells. The second year will be at Cytiva’s Marlborough site near Boston and will have an emphasis on developing larger-scale cell culture workflows incorporating LNPs.

What You Will Do

In this role, you will work with Cytiva’s Genomic Medicine group along with Innovative Genomic Institute (IGI) at UCSF to drive innovation in the area of lipid nanoparticle (LNP)-mediated genetic engineering of cell therapies for rare disease applications.
You will be working with diverse group of leading scientists developing the next generation of genome engineering tools to treat human diseases and create a sustainable future.
Responsible for adopting Danaher Business System Innovation and other Innovation tools with a focus on the successful commercialization of Innovations at Cytiva.

Who You Are

PhD in molecular biology, cellular biology, molecular medicine, pharmacology or molecular life sciences
An additional 0 to 4 years post-PhD work experience in a related field
Experience in primary cell culture workflows and assays, preferably in primary human T cells and hematopoietic stem cells (HSPC)
Experience with gene editing tools such as CRISPR, and nucleic acids including plasmid DNA and messenger RNA
Demonstrated ability to work in a collaborative, cross-functional environments

Are you a PhD scientist that loves to discover and research but craves greater impact in your work? Do you have a strong interest in the successful application and commercialization of technology and a desire to expand your knowledge & experience in these areas? Then, we need you!

Cytiva, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.

At Cytiva we believe in designing a better, more sustainable workforce. We recognize the benefits of flexible, remote working arrangements for eligible roles and are committed to providing enriching careers, no matter the work arrangement. This position is eligible for a remote work arrangement in which you can work remotely from your home. Additional information about this remote work arrangement will be provided by your interview team. Explore the flexibility and challenge that working for Cytiva can provide.

The annual salary range for this role is $100k - $110k. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

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