Translational Scientist

Join our team as a Translational Scientist and help us understand and tackle cancer and other disease!

About the team

As a Translational Scientist, you will be working in our multidisciplinary team of biologists, medical doctors, bioinformaticians, and data scientists. We are mainly responsible for planning and executing external collaborations with pharma/biotech partners. We are generating meaningful insights based on computational predictions using our proprietary Simulated Cell platform developed by our internal product teams.

You will be responsible for translating the in silico findings to actionable insights in validation experiments, with the ultimate goal of generating patient benefit where there is clinical unmet need. You will not be alone on this journey. Besides the help what you get internally, you will also have the opportunity to interact with our renowned scientific advisors, gathering help in making our predictions really translate.

About you

You have proven former industry/research background in translational biology, drug discovery

You are able to contribute to the scientific direction of our projects based on pre-set objectives, do background research on them and play the “jigsaw puzzle” of molecular biology

You are experienced in working with big amount of data,

You are able to evaluate, but most importantly understand the hindering biological meaning of the numbers

You are able to interpret your findings in both written and oral format, communicate with external partners

You are able to make scientific decisions quickly and independently based on the information available to you

You focus on shared success and are open to challenging others and being challenged respectfully to get the best possible outcome

You have got the knowledge to support Turbine’s research collaborations, by

understanding both the mechanism and the mode of action of our target modulation, especially in the context of cellular signaling,

having the ability to plan, run and analyze in silico experiments using our internal toolset

supporting the planning of our wet laboratory-based validation experiments, and evaluating the generated results

comparing validated findings to Turbine’s in silico hypotheses, associating and finally translating them to clinically relevant insights by using both internal and external databases and tool

Essential skills and qualifications

PhD in Biology/Medical or Pharmaceutical Sciences (or related fields)

Good data management and visualization skills

Basic biostatistics skills

Strong research and analytical skills

Strong inductive and associative thinking, able to understand complex systems

Good interpretation skills

Ability to work both in team and individually

Able to create descriptive documentation and customer-facing reports

Upper-intermediate communication skills in English, both verbal and written

Good presentation skills

Advantages

At least 1-2 years’ experience of working in a biotech environment

Experience in the field of precision medicine / oncology / immunology

Wet lab experience, especially in using CRISPR and/or siRNA-based technologies

Ability to find balance between creativity and scientific skepticism

Customer facing behavior and business mindset

You are a Turbiner if these personality traits apply to you

You have self-awareness and strong intention on personal growth

You seek out feedback and learn from mistakes and apply what you learned

You take responsibility and focus on the outcomes over tasks

You focus on shared success and are open to challenging others respectfully to get the best possible outcome

You are in it for the long haul and have passion for our mission