Scientist - Structural Biology Machine Learning

Job description

About Astera: Astera is a private foundation on a mission to steer science and technology toward an abundant future. We believe the coming years will bring an era of unprecedented scientific and technological advancement as exponential progress in AI converges with central advances in other fields to dramatically accelerate innovation. This inflection point provides an unparalleled opportunity to fundamentally rethink the institutions, systems, and tools that drive scientific progress. Unlike traditional non-profit research organizations, projects supported by Astera operate like high-velocity startups, allowing us to focus on ambitious goals, match structure to problem, and attract strong technical talent and leadership. You can read more about our mission, vision, and programming here . Position Summary: The diffUSE Project is looking for a scientist to build machine learning algorithms to extract protein conformational dynamics directly from experimental structural biology data (i.e. electron density, structure factors, diffraction patterns, etc.). The diffUSE Project is an ambitious initiative designed to unlock our understanding of protein dynamics at scale by strengthening ex...