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**Join a leading AI lab's cutting-edge GenAI team to be at the core of the AI revolution, where your expertise fuels the development of the most advanced models for science.** # 1\. Overview A leading AI lab is building models that reason across the life sciences, and we're assembling a small cohort of molecular biologists to elevate the quality of the training data. The focus is the design of DNA and RNA sequences — the work a molecular biologist does prior to conducting experiments — including primers, plasmids, RNAs, and repair templates. # 2\. What you'll do - Design and review DNA/RNA sequences and constructs — primers, plasmids, RNAs, repair templates, and related molecular-biology design tasks drawn from your professional experience. - Author challenging, domain-grounded tasks and write accurate, well-documented solutions that serve as ground truth. - Evaluate AI model outputs against expert-quality solutions and provide clear, written feedback on correctness, rigor, and reasoning. - Collaborate with other subject-matter experts to keep the training data consistent and accurate. # 3\. Who we're looking for - A practicing (or recently practicing) molecular biologist with hands-on experience designing nucleic-acid sequences prior to experiments. - A strong peer-reviewed publication record is a key measure of expertise — work in notable venues such as Nature, bioRxiv, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, and eLife is especially valued. Please include publication links with your application. - Advanced degree (PhD strongly preferred) in molecular biology, genetics, biochemistry, synthetic biology, bioengineering, or a related life-science field. - Strong written communication and the ability to justify design choices clearly. # 4\. Scope - This program is onboarding a small cohort of experts to process approximately 50–100 design tasks over an initial 2–3 week period, with strong potential to extend. - Fast start — the program is aiming to begin this week.
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