Preclinical R&D Scientist, AI-Driven Drug Discovery

Posted 17 days ago

obsidianNew York (NY)

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology)

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About the role

Mercor is partnering with a venture-backed AI lab building frontier AI platforms and physics-based foundation models for chemistry, materials science, and drug discovery. They're extending their platform into new areas of pharmaceutical development and are looking for hands-on preclinical R&D experts across drug modalities to help guide what they build. In this hands-on role, you'll blend your wet-lab and translational experience with AI-driven data insights to shape datasets and model training.

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