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Job listing · Updated 26 SEP 2026

Founding Research Scientist Biology

GloGlo· San Francisco, CA, USView company profile

Job title: Founding Research Scientist Biology
Job location: San Francisco, CA, US
Job listing URL: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/gloglo/jobs/8U7Ud7v-founding-research-scientist-biology
Job description: **Our mission: eradicate Type 1 diabetes.** \ GloGlo is building an AI-native therapeutics company based in **San Francisco**. We are developing AI research agents that analyze scientific literature and biological datasets, generate and challenge hypotheses, design experiments, and learn from wet-lab results.\ We are building a tight **in silico <> in vitro / in vivo** feedback loop to identify better targets and move faster toward new therapies.\ We are looking for a **Founding Research Scientist in Biology** to help build our experimental research program from the ground up. This is a hands-on startup role: you will move quickly between scientific questions, experimental design, wet-lab work, data analysis, and decisions about what to test next. \ What you’ll do * Turn biological questions and AI-generated hypotheses into rigorous experiments * Design and execute in vitro studies and help develop in vivo programs * Analyze results and feed experimental evidence back into our AI systems * Develop assays, models, and experimental workflows from scratch * Help prioritize targets and therapeutic approaches * Build our early wet-lab capabilities and scientific partnerships * Work directly with the founders and scientific leadership \ \ What we’re looking for * PhD or equivalent research experience in **immunology, autoimmunity, T1D, beta-cell biology, cell biology, molecular biology, or related fields** * Strong hands-on wet-lab experience * Ability to independently design, execute, and troubleshoot experiments * Comfortable working in a fast-moving, ambiguous startup environment * Excited about combining AI and experimental biology * High scientific rigor, curiosity, and willingness to challenge assumptions One of our founders has lived with Type 1 diabetes for 17 years. **We intend to work on this until we solve it.**

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