Our mission is to bring aging under full biomedical control. We believe this can be achieved through closed-loop hardware that reads and writes bioelectric states in living tissue using electromagnetic and acoustic fields – a control layer for cell reprogramming that chemistry and gene therapy fundamentally cannot provide.
About the role
We’re looking for a cracked scientist to own cell culture and run experiments on custom microscopy platforms.
The role
Responsibilities
As a Scientist at AION, you will:
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Own cell experiments end to end: cell culture, experimental design, sample preparation, imaging, data collection, analysis, and iteration
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Run ultrasound and magnetic-field experiments on custom microscope platforms
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Work directly with engineers to debug and rapidly iterate microscopes, fixtures, sample environments, and experimental workflows
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Build the controls, documentation, and repeatability needed to turn one-off results into reliable experimental systems
You
We value mission alignment, integrity, and ambition over pedigree.
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Deep hands-on mammalian cell culture experience and comfortable owning cultures independently
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Strong microscopy experience, including sample preparation, image acquisition, and quantitative analysis
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Comfortable working side by side with mechanical & electrical engineers; comfortable using coding agents to develop imaging and cell-stimulation sequences
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Mechanically inclined and able to reason about fixtures, alignment, motion, sample handling, and system tradeoffs
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Working understanding of optical stacks: illumination, objectives, filters, cameras, and the image path; optical engineering expertise is not required
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Experience with ultrasonics, acoustofluidics, magnetic-field biology, bioelectromagnetics, or custom instrumentation is a plus, not a requirement