Volunteer Science Jobs in Somerville, MA
The International Society for Bayesian Analysis
Boston, MA
The focus of the Campbell lab is to develop and apply computational methods for high-throughput genomic technologies to understand and characterize various biological systems and diseases, including cancer initiation and progression, the mutational burden of carcinogens, the response to cigarette smoke, and lung development. His group’s research centers on the development of fast, trustworthy machine learning and AI methods that balance the need for computational efficiency and the desire for statistical optimality with the inherent imperfections that come from real-world problems, large datasets, and complex models.
Initial Therapeutics, Inc.
Boston, MA
Objective / Purpose: Global Biologics (GB) mission is the discovery of transformative innovative biologics therapeutics to support Takeda’s pipeline and advance novel therapeutics into clinical development in Takeda’s three therapeutic areas of interest: Oncology (immuno-oncology, cell therapies), Gastroenterology and Neuroscience. Serves as the functional representative, works with team members from other disciplines, and acts as a senior scientific consultant to provide technical and strategic leadership for research project implementation and coordination.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, MA
We offer an inspiring, supportive and collaborative work environment that includes diverse faculty with research interests spanning chemical biology, structural biology, cancer biology, systems pharmacology, cell biology, immunology, biochemistry, biophysics, computer science, protein engineering and medicine. The candidate should possess the ability to work collaboratively with other scientists within the Chemical Biology Program and their host departments and should espouse the scholarly qualities required to teach and mentor doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows.
Takeda
Boston, MA
D. in Structural Biology, Protein Production, Biophysics, Computational Chemistry or related field with 15+ years of relevant experience in pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry; demonstrated track record of supporting high-quality structure determination and validation of protein co-complexes to rapidly advance drug discovery pipelines as well as increasing scientific and people management responsibilities. Extensive knowledge of and experience in protein production including construct design/protein engineering, protein expression systems (bacterial, insect, mammalian systems), protein purification techniques and protein characterization methods; proficiency in biophysical techniques (SPR, ITC, DLS, etc) and experience in membrane protein production and structure determination highly desirable.
Takeda
Boston, MA
The successful candidate will: Design and engineer constructs for protein expression, including reformatting antigens/antibodies and applying advanced protein engineering solutions (innovative non-antibody fusions and different modalities of therapeutics) to improve expression performance. The actual base salary offered may depend on a variety of factors, including the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.
Takeda
Boston, MA
Global Biologics (GB) mission is the discovery of transformative innovative biologics therapeutics to support Takeda’s pipeline and advance novel therapeutics into clinical development in Takeda’s three therapeutic areas of interest: Oncology (immuno-oncology, cell therapies), Gastroenterology and Neuroscience. Serves as the functional representative, works with team members from other disciplines, and acts as a senior scientific consultant to provide technical and strategic leadership for research project implementation and coordination.
Takeda
Boston, MA
Expertise in a variety of computational tools and methodologies including docking, virtual screening, molecular dynamics, free energy perturbation, homology modeling, quantum mechanics, pharmacophore elucidation, data mining, machine learning, cheminformatics, clustering, similarity & diversity analysis. As a Computational Chemistry Leader,you will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team of Medicinal Chemists, Computational Chemists, Data Scientist, Structural Biologists, Pharmacologists and Biologists to provide Computational expertise to advance drug discovery projects.
Immuto Scientific
Boston, MA
Demonstrated success training and deploying large‑scale deep‑learning models on GPU/TPU clusters, with proficiency in major cloud platforms (AWS,GCP,Azure, or comparable GPU clouds) and infrastructure‑as‑code tooling (e.g., Terraform, Pulumi,CDK). Work closely with experimental scientists to develop workflows that turn raw datasets into ML‑ready formats; design experiments to validate predictions; and build lab-in-the-loop feedback systems to refine model performance iteratively.
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB)
Boston, MA
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Business, Business Intelligence (BI), Chemical Engineering, Cheminformatics, Chemistry, Chemometrics, Cloud Computing, Computational Chemistry, Data Analysis, Database Design, Data Engineering, Data Modeling, Data Science, Data Visualization, Deep Learning, Drug Design, Drug Discovery Process, External Collaboration, Informatics, Information Technology (IT) Infrastructure, Lead Optimization {+ 16 more}. This role requires exceptional interpersonal and problem-solving skills, as well as the ability to translate scientific needs into actionable plans for implementing data workflows and infrastructure that accelerate the decision-making process from hit identification to clinical candidate delivery across different therapeutic areas and modalities at our company.
Takeda
Boston, MA
scientists, scientists and associate scientists responsible for the design, development and execution of state-of-the-art in vitro pharmacology assays to evaluate the biological activity, potency, efficacy, and mechanism of action of our novel therapeutics, utilizing cutting-edge technologies (e.g., complex cell-based assays, co-culture systems, and ex vivo models) to measure cellular responses in inflammatory pathways. Strategic Leadership- guide the scientific strategy of our biologics discovery efforts in inflammatory and autoimmune diseases from project inception (define the modality and molecular design) through lead generation and optimization to candidate selection, delivering new biotherapeutics to Takeda’s pipeline.
New Jersey Department of Children and Families
Boston, MA
Application instructions: All materials must be submitted at https://employmentopportunities.umb.edu/boston/en-us/listing/ and should include (i) a cover letter detailing how the proposed experimental work complements existing research within the Department and College, (ii) a curriculum vitae, (iii) a detailed statement of research plans (3-5 pages), (iv) a statement of teaching philosophy with a description of teaching experience and preferred teaching areas. We invite applications from candidates who engage the diverse life experiences of our student body, who appreciate that students bring their holistic selves into the academic setting, and who recognize and articulate how their own life experiences and backgrounds have shaped their journeys, practices, and commitments as researchers, scholars, and educators.
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB)
Boston, MA
Application instructions: All materials must be submitted at https://employmentopportunities.umb.edu/boston/en-us/listing/ and should include (i) a cover letter detailing how the proposed experimental work complements existing research within the Department and College, (ii) a curriculum vitae, (iii) a detailed statement of research plans (3-5 pages), (iv) a statement of teaching philosophy with a description of teaching experience and preferred teaching areas. We invite applications from candidates who engage the diverse life experiences of our student body, who appreciate that students bring their holistic selves into the academic setting, and who recognize and articulate how their own life experiences and backgrounds have shaped their journeys, practices, and commitments as researchers, scholars, and educators.
Takeda
Boston, MA
Be recognized as a technical resource & expert in PSST for mathematical modeling, harnessing next generation capabilities in the field of Data Science and utilization of his/ her technical expertise to contribute across multiple projects and drive technical & scientific strategy. The actual base salary offered may depend on a variety of factors, including the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.
Pharmaron Beijing Co. Ltd.
Waltham, MA
Founded in 2004, Pharmaron has invested in its people and facilities and established a broad spectrum of research, development, and manufacturing service capabilities throughout the entire drug discovery, preclinical, and clinical development process across multiple therapeutic modalities, including small molecules, biologics, and CGT products. The Associate Director, Business Development specialising in biologics is an integral role in leading strategic business development initiatives, manage high-value and key client relationships, and drive significant revenue growth.
Takeda
Boston, MA
Education in a relevant field, for example a) PhD in a field such as Biostatistics, Applied Mathematics, Physics, Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science with at least 6 years of experience, or b) Master’s degree with a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience. The actual base salary offered may depend on a variety of factors, including the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, MA
The CIO uses cutting-edge technologies such as high-throughput RNA and DNA sequencing, mass cytometry (CyTOF), spectral flow cytometry, and highly-multiplex immunofluorescence imaging (Lunaphore COMET). The role will assist faculty and research staff in the collection, management, analysis and interpretation of biological data, with a focus on the analysis of multi-omic immunological data including spatial data.
Takeda
Lexington, MA
The actual base salary offered may depend on a variety of factors, including the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job. As an Associate Director in Analytical Development, you will lead efforts to develop advanced analytical methods and drive the implementation of evolving scientific technologies to support late-stage biologics programs.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, MA
Mentoring Responsibilities: Regularly mentor and advise more junior statisticians in all aspects of their responsibilities and career development Functions as team leader on projects, advises and supervises more junior members of the team and participates in the annual evaluation of more junior members. Service to Dana-Farber and Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center: Independently represents the department on DF/HCC and DFCI committees, including but not limited to Scientific Review Committees (SRC) and Institutional Review Board (IRB).