Lab Scientist

Join our team as a Lab Scientist, and help virtualize biological experiments to accelerate discovery!

About Turbine

A lab without limits, built for biopharma. Turbine’s Virtual Lab (vLab®) enables scientists to run Virtual Assays across millions of biological conditions far beyond traditional laboratory throughput. Instead of narrowing hypotheses to fit experimental constraints, scientists can explore the broader biological search space computationally before deciding what to validate in the wet lab. Turbine doesn’t replace the wet lab. It makes every experiment count. Through an integrated lab-in-the-loop workflow, virtual findings become testable hypotheses, with validation results feeding back to strengthen subsequent predictions within the workflow.

In deployed programs, Turbine has reduced decision timelines from 12-18 months to approximately two months while cutting wet-lab experiments by more than 50%.

Working with scientists at leading biopharma like MSD (Merck & Co.), AstraZeneca and Bayer, Turbine’s virtual assays have rationalized experiments across more than 30 discovery programs.

Backed by leading tech and industry investors like Accel, MSD Global Health Innovation Fund, Interactive Venture Partners and Beiersdorf, Turbine is turning biology into an engineering discipline.

The role

As a Lab Scientist, you are responsible for independent experimentation and consistent delivery on delegated tasks under the supervision of senior staff members.

You have a reliable skillset in molecular biology and cell biology tools, which you will utilize regularly to execute and troubleshoot in vitro experiments.

You are able to critically analyze your own experimental results and integrate these insights into the ongoing work. Accurate, up-to-date documentation is a key component of your workflow, ensuring transparency and reproducibility.

The Lab Scientist also supports laboratory automation workflows to make sure everything is prepared such as drug solutions, labware and other consumables.

Responsibilities

• Mammalian cell culture maintenance, biobanking and related reagent preparations
• Preparation and performance of in vitro experiments planned together with Lead Scientists
• Supporting laboratory robotic automation workflows with preparations, both logistically and with digital documentation
• Embracing novel assay developments with reliable execution
• Reporting of results through Electronic Lab Notebook system and presentations to the wider team

Requirements

Skills

• Bachelors/Masters in biology, bioengineering or medical sciences with a few years of wet laboratory experience
• Expert in cell culturing of secondary cancer cell lines, ideally experience with primary culture or iPSCs
• Basic molecular biology and cell biology experience (e.g. plate reader-based assays, siRNA transfection, microscopy etc.)
• Excellent digital skills using Excel, Powerpoint, GraphPad, ideally even some programming skills with Python or SQL
• High-quality documentation skills to generate standard operational protocols
• Minimal knowledge about statistics and data science is considered a strong advantage

Soft Skills

• Consistent and reliable quality on delivery
• Curious and driven about scientific findings
• Excellent time management
• A team player with a strong sense of ownership and willingness to help others

You are a Turbiner if

• You are self-aware and committed to personal growth

• You seek out feedback, learn from mistakes and apply what you learned

• You take responsibility and focus on outcomes over tasks

• You focus on shared success and challenge others respectfully to get the best outcome

• You are in it for the long haul and share our passion for the mission