Senior Research Associate, Oligonucleotide Chemistry

About the role

Tessera Therapeutics is pioneering Gene Writing™— a new biotechnology designed to offer scientists and clinicians the ability to write small and large therapeutic messages into the genome, thereby curing diseases at their source. Gene Writing holds the potential to become a new category in genetic medicine, building upon recent breakthroughs in gene therapy and gene editing while eliminating important limitations in their reach, utilization, and efficacy. You will report to Cody Pasko, Senior Scientist, Oligo Foundry, and work with Talent Partner Ben Hoogheem, Senior Director, Head of Talent Management.

Responsibilities

• Perform small scale, high throughput internal production of guide RNA to support platform research and pre-clinical activities
• Optimize synthetic reactions and purification methods of