[bioundgrd] Startup hiring lab intern to democratize health testing

[Betsey Walsh]

See below for a great summer opportunity from a Course 7 alumni. Anyone curious about startups and biotech should apply. If interested, email Zhi at zhi at lumiohealth.com<mailto:zhi at lumiohealth.com> with your resume.

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At Lumio Health, we empower people to make health decisions with confidence by giving everyone access to clinical-grade testing at home.  This is enabled by unique technology, invented at Harvard and Boston Children’s Hospital, that is orders of magnitude more sensitive and more affordable than what’s available at hospitals or clinical labs.  Our ambition is to usher in an era of proactive medicine so we can all get the care we need before it’s too costly or too late.

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Our first diagnostic system will help couples achieve a successful pregnancy sooner by helping them time their intercourse and monitor through the first trimester. It relies on standard biomarkers like LH and bHCG, but we are also developing a test for fertilization so couples can know as soon as the morning after intercourse. Knowing fertilization status will also help us better diagnose and treat infertility.

Our underlying technology is a new way to read out sandwich ELISAs that increases sensitivity by orders of magnitude (attomole detection). By eliminating all wash steps our technology enables tests to be performed easily by lay users at home.

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Lab Research Intern Job Description:

We’re a small, world-class team combining Silicon Valley urgency with East Coast science. We just closed a large Series A led by one of Silicon Valley’s best investors and we’re looking for ambitious and energetic teammates in the lab to help us drive forward our research progress.

Responsibilities

  *   Work in a fast-paced lab environment inspired by the development of disruptive software products (e.g. Google, Facebook, Uber, Airbnb).
  *   Help optimize new technology for our diagnostic product to function in urine
  *   Design experiments with your Senior Scientist mentor and the rest of the scientific team
  *   Execute and document experiments and communicate the results
  *   Develop Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) based on the best results
  *   Analyze our clinical samples in an FDA-compliant manner

Requirements

  *   Experience with execution of experiments in a wet lab (at least 6 months)
  *   Meticulously organized
  *   Competency in biochemistry and chemistry
  *   Ability to communicate results and concepts clearly to fellow scientists

Nice-to-haves

  *   Experience with gel electrophoresis
  *   Experience with immunoassays, such as ELISA
  *   Appreciation of puns

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