Focus: Caribou Biosciences is a public CRISPR-based cellular engineering company focused on developing off-the-shelf CAR-T therapies for hematologic malignancies and autoimmune diseases. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Berkeley, CA, the company operates as a mid-stage clinical-stage biotech with public market access.
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Stable — net -4 jobs in 30d
0 added, 4 removed. Backfill posture.
Recent layoff filing — 87 affected
Source: state DOL filings via Big Local News
High-risk, high-reward opportunity for scientists and clinicians seeking frontier CRISPR/CAR-T expertise, but career continuity is severely threatened by impending organizational collapse.
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Source: state DOL filings, aggregated via Big Local News
CRITICAL: Imminent organizational shutdown; any career at Caribou has ~12-month time horizon maximum.
Recent peer-reviewed publications with author affiliations at this company
Identifying the genetic basis and molecular mechanisms underlying phenotypic correlation between complex human traits using a gene-based approach.
High-Specificity CRISPR-Mediated Genome Engineering in Anti-BCMA Allogeneic CAR T Cells Suppresses Allograft Rejection in Preclinical Models.
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