Fate Therapeutics is seeking a motivated Associate Scientist to join the Quality Control (QC) team. As an individual contributor in the QC laboratory, the successful candidate will focus primarily on molecular assay execution, including digital droplet PCR (ddPCR), and DNA/RNA extraction. The Associate Scientist, Quality Control will also cross-train in and perform flow cytometry and cell-based potency methods, building a broad technical skill set across multiple platforms. In addition, this role will contribute to routine laboratory investigations, quality event resolution, continuous improvement initiatives, and general laboratory operations, offering meaningful opportunities to shape how the lab runs. This is a full-time, exempt position located at our corporate headquarters in San Diego, CA.
The preceding job description indicates the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. Additional and incidental duties related to the primary duties may be required from time to time.
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About Fate Therapeutics, Inc.
Fate Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to bringing a pipeline of induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived cellular immunotherapies to patients. Using its proprietary iPSC product platform, the Company has established a leadership position in creating multiplexed-engineered master iPSC lines and in the manufacture and clinical development of off-the-shelf, iPSC-derived cell products. The Company’s pipeline includes iPSC-derived T-cell and natural killer (NK) cell product candidates, which are selectively designed, incorporate novel synthetic controls of cell function, and are intended to deliver multiple therapeutic mechanisms to patients. Fate Therapeutics is headquartered in San Diego, CA. For more information, please visit www.fatetherapeutics.com.
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