insitro
Biotech
ScientistII,ArrayedScreening
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“Scientist II, Arrayed Screening at insitro. Skills: Arrayed screening, Assay development, High-throughput screening, Cell-based assays. Develop arrayed screening assays. Optimize arrayed screening assays”
Industry & Context.
Troubleshoot assay performance
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
PhD in cell biology, 2–5 years post-PhD experience, Hands-on cell-based assays, Mammalian cell culture skills, Aseptic technique
Nice to Have
Screening automation experience, Liquid handling platforms experience, Familiarity with agents, Familiarity with LLMs, Prior biotech/pharma HTS experience, Phenotypic assay experience, Experience generating ML datasets
What You'll Do.
Develop arrayed screening assays
Optimize arrayed screening assays
Execute arrayed screening assays
Design cell-based screening workflows
Implement cell-based screening workflows
Support small-molecule screening
Support genetic screening
Support perturbational screening
Scale assays using liquid handlers
Analyze screening data
Troubleshoot assay performance
Ensure reproducible datasets
Ensure model-ready datasets
Translate biological questions
Design scalable experiments
Maintain documentation
Contribute to best practices
Present experimental plans
Present experimental results
Present recommendations
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Interface of biology/screening; Work with biologists; Work with bioengineers; Work with automation scientists; Work with data scientists; Work with ML scientists; Work with drug discovery teams; Work cross-functionally; Multidisciplinary project teams
Communication Scope
Communicate results clearly; Present experimental plans; Present experimental results; Present recommendations
Full Job Description
THE OPPORTUNITY The unprecedented convergence of multi-modal data and AI has the potential to revolutionize drug discovery. insitro is harnessing this moment to redefine how medicines are developed for complex diseases. Our success depends on our ability to attract, develop, inspire, and retain amazing, diverse talent and build a collaborative, high-performing, inclusive, and equitable culture. insitro is seeking a highly motivated Scientist II, Arrayed Screening to join our experimental biology and screening organization. In this role, you will help build, optimize, and execute high-throughput arrayed screening workflows that generate high-quality, decision-grade biological datasets for drug discovery. This is a highly collaborative role at the interface of cell biology, assay development, automated screening, disease modeling, and machine learning. You will work closely with biologists, bioengineers, automation scientists, data scientists, machine learning scientists, and drug discovery teams to design and run scalable cell-based and biochemical assays across therapeutic programs. The ideal candidate brings deep hands-on experience in cell-based assay development, high-throughput screening, mammalian cell culture, and quantitative data analysis, and is excited to generate robust biological data that can power ML-driven drug discovery. This role reports to the Director, High Throughput Biology and requires you to be onsite at our South San Francisco office 5 days per week. RESPONSIBILITIES - Develop, optimize, and execute arrayed screening assays in 96- and 384-well plate formats, including endpoint, kinetic, imaging-based, and/or biochemical readouts. - Design and implement cell-based screening workflows using immortalized, primary, iPSC-derived, or engineered cellular models. - Support small-molecule, genetic, and/or perturbational screening efforts, including assay development, target validation, mechanism-of-action studies, and screening campaigns. - Partner wi
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