Innovation Fellow

A Bit About Us

We are Arcadia Science, an evolutionary biology company founded and led by scientists. Our mission is to turn natural innovations into real-world solutions by developing systematic and quantitative approaches to leveraging biology for therapeutics R&D. We share our research as openly as possible to accelerate discovery and make our work broadly useful.

The Opportunity 

We’re closing the gap between biological data and biological understanding. Our Pilots advance this work by rapidly testing new ways to measure, model, and interpret biology. What works becomes reusable tools for the rest of Arcadia and beyond. Pilots drive the adoption of new technology and research topics within Arcadia and may also be a source of IP, licensing, and spin-outs. Read more about our work through our publications.   We are seeking an Innovation Fellow to join our Pilots team for a 3-month fellowship. This is an ideal opportunity for scientists who recently completed their PhDs, or are in the final stages of their postdoc training.    Innovation Fellows will prototype tools or devise novel approaches for efficient scientific inquiry, using strategically chosen biological questions as a test bed. Fellows will scope pilot projects with clear decision points, with the goal of publishing their work openly by the end of the fellowship. 

Areas of Focus

The two most important qualities we're looking for are generativity (the ability to identify and develop new research projects) and strong scientific strategy to align your work with Arcadia's goals and efficiently de-risk ambitious research directions. Beyond that, we're looking for candidates with skills that span computational and experimental biology. This may include:

• Tool and technology development for biological research
• Independent experimental design and execution
• Data analysis pipeline development
• Novel assay development or adaptation
• Integrating computational predictions with experimental validation
• Working across diverse organisms and cell types

Key Responsibilities

• Execute a defined pilot project in coordination with current team members
• Familiarize yourself with internal platform capabilities
• Identify key risks early and optimize for "failing fast" so that promising directions can be pursued and dead ends abandoned quickly
• Establish and track go/no-go decision points for your project
• Collaborate with Arcadia’s technically diverse team
• Keep detailed experimental records and documentation for all workflows
• Contribute to collaborative ideation around new pilots