Adaptyv
Biotech
Scientist,Cell-Based&FunctionalAssays
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“Scientist, Cell-Based & Functional Assays at Adaptyv. Skills: Cell-based assays, Functional assays, Potency assays, Assay productization. Develop cell-based functional assays. Qualify cell-based functional assays”
What You'll Achieve.
Define reproducible performance; Make data comparable across runs
Industry & Context.
Troubleshooting
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Hands-on experience developing cell-based assays, Hands-on experience developing functional assays, Hands-on experience developing potency assays, Experience with reporter cell lines, Experience with primary cells, Experience with flow cytometry, Experience making cell assays reproducible, Applied industry experience in production setting, Applied industry experience in development setting, Applied industry experience in commercial setting, Understanding of antibody function, Understanding of protein function
Nice to Have
Data fluency is a plus, Scripting is a plus, Analyzing dose-response data is a plus, Analyzing potency data is a plus
What You'll Do.
Develop cell-based functional assays
Qualify cell-based functional assays
Run cell-based functional assays
Develop cell activation assays
Develop signaling assays
Develop reporter-gene assays
Develop potency assays
Develop antibody functional readouts
Turn bespoke assays into productized capabilities
Integrate assays into production workflows
Scale assays onto automated systems
Structure functional data
Model functional data
Make functional data interpretable
Make functional data comparable
Manage reference standards
Advise customers on assay design
Advise internal teams on assay design
Advise on functional data meaning
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Work with biology team; Work with lab automation; Work with software team
Full Job Description
Adaptyv is building an automated lab thats let AI agents run biology experiments. We're entering the era of agentic science where AI models can now design novel proteins, propose hypotheses, and iterate on experimental results. But they can't run the experiments themselves - that's still a manual, months-long process. We're building the infrastructure that gives AI agents access to the physical world. We are one of the fastest growing biotech companies, trusted by leading biopharmas, frontier AI labs, and the techbio companies pushing the field forward. This is a rare chance to help advance some of the most important work happening in biotech today. Our automated lab is powered by a deep software + hardware stack: lab instruments worth millions of USD reverse-engineered into API-controllable hardware, dozens of devices orchestrated through complex workflows, full observability on everything that happens in the lab, processing pipelines for messy physical-world data, and AI systems that troubleshoot production results and accelerate assay development. We’re growing rapidly and are hiring for talented people to scale and support the massive demand for AI-driven wet lab experimentation. ABOUT THE ROLE You'll build out cell-based and functional assays at Adaptyv — the work that proves an antibody or protein actually does something: activates or blocks a receptor, triggers signaling, kills a cell, or modulates an immune response. Cell activation assays, reporter systems, potency assays, and antibody functional readouts are the heart of this role. This is the most interdisciplinary of our scientist roles. A new functional assay starts as bespoke science and has to become a reliable, automated product. You'll design and run the assays hands-on with the biology team, work with lab automation to make them robust and high-throughput, and work with the software team to capture, model, and interpret the data — turning messy cell-based readouts into clean, comparable results. Yo
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