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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About us&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;At the forefront of farming and food, UPSIDE Foods is innovating new ways to produce real meat, without the need to breed, feed and slaughter animals. Our process begins with an animal cell, which is cultivated and harvested as meat. The founding company of the industry, UPSIDE Foods is a mission-driven organization focused on bringing to meat lovers an authentic product that is truly humane, sustainably produced, nutritious and delicious! We are now expanding our team of dedicated professionals across disciplines to make better meat for a better world.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About this job&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;UPSIDE has grown fast over the last two years, and the momentum continues! The Senior Scientist in the Cell Culture Media (CCM) group &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;will be responsible for leading media development projects and navigating through complex data sets to develop cell culture media formulations. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;We’re looking for someone who enjoys a fast-paced working environment and is comfortable &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;collaborating scientifically with direct team members as well as scientists in other departments such as cell line development, process development, and food R&amp;amp;D. If you are someone who loves delving deep into biochemical and physiological pathways while keeping practicality in mind, this is the role for you as we are seeking someone who can &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;execute on a well thought out strategy for scalable cell culture media formulation for cultivated meat.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Responsibilities include…&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Leads projects for developing cell culture media for various cell types and formats, e.g., suspension and adherent.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Hands-on execution of media development and process optimization to establish robust and scalable cell culture processes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Serves as a subject matter expert for a m&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;echanistic understanding of key factors and associated metabolic pathways relating to cell culture medium and process development.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Mentors junior team members in designing and executing experiments while advancing the projects.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Evaluates and implement &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;technologies to improve media efficiency, process productivity, and robustness.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About You…&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Ph.D. in cell biology, molecular biology, biochemistry, bioengineering, or closely related science with 5+ of research and development experience in the biopharmaceutical or similar industry.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;B.S./M.S. candidates with 10+(BS) or 8+(MS) years of research and development experience in the biopharmaceutical, cell therapy, or similar industry are also encouraged to apply.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Industrial cell culture media development experience with strong exposure to adherent media development.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Strong background in mechanistic media design, including nutritional biochemistry and metabolic pathway expertise engineering, cell therapy, and muscle biology backgrounds, are highly desirable.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Fosters a team environment, collaborating scientifically with direct team members as well as scientists in other departments. Open to new ideas and often seeks critical feedback from colleagues, and demonstrates effective cooperation.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Experience with concepts and techniques for developing high-performing suspension and adherent cell culture media and feeds.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Working knowledge/understanding of scale-up considerations for cell culture media/process.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Experience using SIMCA, JMP, or Python for navigating and analyzing large data sets.&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Who you’ll work with…&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;A talented team dedicated to optimizing media and processes to make a safe, cost-effective, and animal component-free cell culture medium.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Media is used at every stage of the cultivated meat process. This role is expected to collaborate with upstream and downstream R&amp;amp;D teams in addition to manufacturing Ops, commercial production, and product development.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Key Contributions in First Year…&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Execute/lead media development research projects from conception to completion within&amp;nbsp; 6 months.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Present and contribute meaningful data demonstrating steps toward achieving at least 1 goal for our cross-functional team within the first 3 months.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Mentor team members within media development and cross-functionally to bring new knowledge and skills to the organization within the first 6 months.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Lead and mentor a team of scientists/RAs to develop media formulations supporting SF/ACF goals in the 1st year.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Compensation Range&lt;/strong&gt;: $95,250 - $165,000*&lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;*Pay may vary depending on factors including job-related knowledge and skills.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UPSIDE Benefits!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Stock options for all full-time incoming team members!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;90-100% employer-paid healthcare premiums for team members (medical [including HSA and FSA], dental, and vision)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Pet insurance for your furry family members!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Unlimited PTO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;DE&amp;amp;I (Diversity, Equity &amp;amp; Inclusion) Council and People Engagement Programs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Company-sponsored learning &amp;amp; development opportunities&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;UPSIDE Foods is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Our company-wide mission is to create a product for everyone, so we are deeply committed to having teams and leaders that reflect this mission.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

Sr. Scientist, Cell Culture Media