Research Assistant, Materials Chemistry (Nanoparticles)

Until
San Francisco, US

Who this role is best for

Geared toward mid-level materials chemists comfortable with nanomaterials synthesis and characterization in a biotech moonshot context.

Best fit for

  • Materials chemists with nanoparticle experience seeking biotech applications.
    — “create novel materials, ensure their reproducible synthesis and characterization
  • Scientists motivated by interdisciplinary organ preservation challenges.
    — “assembling an interdisciplinary team to develop perfusion systems

Things to consider

  • Focus on organ cryopreservation implies niche biological interface work.
    — “organ-scale reversible cryopreservation

How to stand out

  • Demonstrate traceable impact from lab synthesis to scaled production.
    — “help scale to a manufacturable product
  • Highlight interdisciplinary collaboration in previous materials development.
    — “assembling an interdisciplinary team
  • Show nanoparticle characterization expertise with quantitative metrics.
    — “ensure their reproducible synthesis and characterization
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Junior

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What success looks like

  • novel materials creation
  • reproducible synthesis
  • scalable manufacturing
Typical background
PhD in Materials Sciencepostdoctoral experience in cryobiology

Skills & requirements

Required

Materials ChemistryNanomaterials SynthesisCryopreservation

Preferred

Biological SystemsVitrification

Stack & domain

Materials ChemistryNanoparticles

About the role

Original posting from Until via Lever

About the Company:

Until is a moonshot company building a “pause button” for biology. Our near-term focus is organ-scale reversible cryopreservation: preserving donated organs at subzero temperatures without ice formation, then rewarming them uniformly for transplant. By solving this grand challenge, we’re laying the foundation for whole-body reversible cryopreservation, giving patients a bridge to future cures.

To achieve our goal, we are assembling an interdisciplinary team to develop perfusion systems, cryoprotectant formulations, and vitrification and rewarming hardware.

We envision a future where no transplantable organ is lost to logistics, and no terminal diagnosis is final because patients can safely wait for future medicine to arrive. 

We're hiring an experienced, full-time Research Associate to support nanomaterials synthesis, characterization, and implementation. You will work directly with our scientific team to create novel materials, ensure their reproducible synthesis and characterization, and help scale to a manufacturable product.

Source: Until careers (Lever)

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