Translational Scientist (Senior)
Bioptimus is building the first universal AI foundation model for biology to fuel breakthrough discoveries and accelerate innovation in biomedicine. With more than $75M in funding, Bioptimus is a fast-growing start-up headquartered in Paris, incorporated in October 2023. Backed by leading international venture capitalists, our world-class team of scientists and engineers is redefining the frontiers of AI and life sciences.
Translational Scientist (Senior)
Bioptimus is building the first universal AI foundation model for biology to fuel breakthrough discoveries and accelerate innovation in biomedicine. With more than $75M in funding, Bioptimus is a fast-growing start-up headquartered in Paris, incorporated in October 2023. Backed by leading international venture capitalists, our world-class team of scientists and engineers is redefining the frontiers of AI and life sciences.
About the role
We are seeking a creative and highly motivated Senior Translational Scientist to join Bioptimus ’ R&D team and contribute to our work on patient outcome and treatment-response prediction. You will be supporting the existing team of strong AI researchers as well as experienced computational biologists to drive our long-term research ambition. The successful candidate will translate mechanistic insights into target and biomarker hypotheses relevant for patient outcome prediction.
As Senior Translational Scientist at Bioptimus you will accelerate biomedical discoveries through our models and link them directly to medical treatments and patient care. You will bridge the gap between traditional approaches in biology, clinical practice and the state-of-the-art foundation models built by our team to discover novel biomarkers, and improve real-world healthcare and clinical trial success.
We are currently seeking to fill multiple roles within this team at Bioptimus and you will be working in close collaboration with the Senior Research Scientist - Treatment Response Prediction and Biomarker Discovery and additionally the Clinical Data Manager at Bioptimus .
What you'll be doing
As Senior Translational Scientist, you will own the following tasks:
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Discovery & Research: Dive into clinical, histopathological, and spatial transcriptomics data across the Bioptimus data corpus to investigate tumor biology, accelerating translational research with the potential to discover novel biomarkers predictive of response and/or resistance to treatment.
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Strategic impact: As a member of our R&D team, you will actively shape Bioptimus ' mission to learn the dynamics of human biology.
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Collaboration & Communication: Work with the R&D team to guide model development and interpretability and design features relevant for clinical outcome. Further you will operate in close collaboration with the Clinical Data Manager to ensure our data stays closely linked to the discoveries we want to generate.
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Professional development: Join a world-class team of frontier AI/ML researchers and experts with deep biological expertise and be first in-line as we change the biomedical landscape. ****Stay up-to-date with latest discoveries in terms of modalities and clinical decision making for oncology and immunology.
What you'll bring
The successful candidate will have a ‘team-first’ attitude; be independent, curious, and exceptionally detail-oriented; thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment; and be fun to work with. We value individuals who bring deep domain expertise, coupled with a passion for demonstrating the tangible impact of AI on real biology.
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Educational Background: Advanced clinical/ science degree (PhD, PharmD, MD). E.g., Ph.D. in cancer biology, molecular biology, genomics, or a related field. Or alternatively, MD with a strong background in oncology and exposure to computational concepts.
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Translational oncology expertise: Strong understanding of cancer biology, tumor evolution, immune microenvironment, therapeutic mechanisms, resp