Scientist/Senior Scientist, Pluripotent Stem Cells

Garuda Therapeutics is pioneering the development of off-the-shelf hematopoietic stem cell (HSC)-based cellular therapies for treating patients with blood, bone marrow, immune, and metabolic disorders. The company uses state-of-the-art technologies in developmental biology, gene-editing, stem cells, and mechanobiology to engineer safe, compatible HSCs in scalable quantities to transform the lives of patients in need of an HSC-transplant.

The full-time role will be a key process development and manufacturing team member, focused on the development, characterization, editing, expansion, and banking process for pluripotent stem cells. The ideal candidate will be responsible for the day-to-day execution of projects relevant to the core focus of the Garuda Tx.

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Reprogramming, genome editing and culturing human pluripotent stem cells in various conditions
• Designing and executing well-controlled in vitro experiments to demonstrate technological feasibility and improvements for characterization of cell product
• Collaborating internally with Garuda team, train colleagues in new techniques and maintain relationships with external scientific partners

Required Qualifications:

• Excellent oral and written communication skills, able to write technical reports and protocols
• Demonstrated excellence in planning, executing and analyzing experiments
• Authorized to legally work in US
• Attention to detail and careful record-keeping
• Flexible team player excited to collaborate with internal and external partners
• Highly self-motivated and flexibility in working schedule to accommodate weekend work if necessary
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects
• Experience with genome editing techniques
• Experience with pluripotent stem cell culture
• PhD with 1-3+ years of related experience, MS with 5-7+ years of related experience, or BS with 7+ years of related experience.
• Critical thinking and independence, ability to troubleshoot, solve difficult problems, and develop process improvements

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience in GMP cell manufacturing environment
• Knowledge of GMP and quality management systems

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