Novogaia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our mission

• Novogaia is an early-stage techbio company based in San Francisco with a presence in Prague and Amsterdam.
• At Novogaia, we’re building machine learning models to rapidly screen fungi and identify novel bioactive small molecules for applications in pharma and agriculture.

What we're looking for

• We are looking for two full-time summer interns. Working alongside our CTO, David Kubánek, you’ll be helping us build best-in-class models for predicting the properties of molecules produced by fungi based on their DNA and mass spectra.
• The first role would best suit a bioinformatician with knowledge in genetics and metabolomics.
• The second role would best suit an machine learning research engineer with experience building transformer models, looking to get exposure to datasets and modelling in biology and chemistry.
• Ideal candidates will be pursuing a masters or a phD in a relevant discipline, looking to get practical experience at a startup and make real-world impact.
• Duration of internship is 2-4 months from July to October, start and end dates are flexible. Preferred location is Prague but we can also discuss a remote option.

Bioinformatician

Responsibilities

• Developing proprietary algorithms and bioinformatics workflows
• Sourcing and integrating open source tools with in-house data
• Running computational experiments and visualizing findings for analysis

Competencies

• Core
  • Experience using bioinformatics tools in genomics such as HMMER, BUSCO, BLAST
  • Experience using bioinformatics tools in metabolomics such as MS2Prop, CSI:FingerID, Spec2Vec
  • Experience using Python
  • Understanding of microbial genetics
• Nice-to-have
  • Understanding of the biosynthesis of secondary metabolites in microorganisms
  • Experience with genome mining tools (antiSMASH, GATOR-GC, funARTS)
  • Experience with cloud environments

 

ML Research Engineer

Responsibilities

• Developing proprietary algorithms and bioinformatics workflows
• Sourcing and integrating open source tools with in-house data
• Running computational experiments and visualizing findings for analysis

Competencies

• Core
  • Experience building transformer models in Python
  • Experience with cloud environments
• Nice-to-have
  • Experience with computational metabolomics
  • Experience with ML models in biology and chemistry (AlphaFold2, AutoDiff)

Benefits

• A compensation of $800 per month
• Ownership of ambitious, mission-driven work with real-world impact
• Innovative & supportive work environment with a committed team

How to Apply

Does this role sound like a good fit? Email your CV to david@novogaia.bio