Astera Institute
structural biology
GeneralDiffUSE
“General DiffUSE at Astera Institute. Skills: protein biophysics, machine learning, computational biophysics, open scientific tooling. Process diffraction data. Build structural data pipelines”
What You'll Achieve.
Build open infrastructure; Study protein dynamics; Open and standardize datasets; Release open-source tooling
Industry & Context.
Unblocking collaborators
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Familiarity with protein biophysics, Familiarity with experimental methods
Nice to Have
PhD preferred, specific ML framework experience, cloud platform certs
What You'll Do.
Process diffraction data
Build structural data pipelines
Analyze protein conformations
Analyze data heterogeneity
Work with data standards
Develop macromolecular metrics
Research ML for macromolecules
Apply ML to protein dynamics
Develop ML on experimental data
Apply geometric deep learning
Partner with collaborators
Build scientific infrastructure
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborate across Astera; Collaborate across Radial; Collaborate with partner institutions; Collaborate with external collaborators; Collaborate within teams
Communication Scope
Clear written communication; Clear verbal communication
Process & Methodology
Ability to drive projects, Comfortable owning a problem end-to-end
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