Scientist / Sr. Scientist, Medical Hibernation

Category

Rodent Hibernation

Work Type

On-site

Employment

Full-time

Location

Bay Area

Salary Range

$120,000 - $180,000

per year

Posted on August 25, 2025

About This Role

Until is a moonshot company building a “pause button” for biology. Our near-term focus is organ-scale reversible cryopreservation: preserving donated organs at subzero temperatures without ice formation, then rewarming them uniformly for transplant. By solving this grand challenge, we’re laying the foundation for whole-body reversible cryopreservation, giving patients a bridge to future cures.

To achieve our goal, we are assembling an interdisciplinary team to develop perfusion systems, cryoprotectant formulations, and vitrification and rewarming hardware.

We envision a future where no transplantable organ is lost to logistics, and no terminal diagnosis is final because patients can safely wait for future medicine to arrive.

About the Role
We are seeking a Scientist / Senior Scientist to establish and lead advanced in-vivo and ex-vivo heart evaluation platforms. In this role, you will design and implement assays to assess cardiac viability, identify sources of chemical toxicity or mechanical injury, and integrate diverse evaluation data. Working closely with our team, you will provide critical insights to refine our whole-body cryoprotectant perfusion system and enable recovery of functional heart outputs.

Key Responsibilities

  • Establish platforms to assess rodent heart functionally (ECG, echocardiograph) and structurally. 
  • Capable of integrating heart structure and function data output to pinpoint chemical toxicity or mechanical injury mechanisms. 
  • Developed assays / experiments to test out chemical toxicity or mechanical injury hypothesis. 
  • Work with our team to optimize the current perfusion protocol.
  • Qualifications

  • You’ve completed an MD or PhD. 
  • Expertise in heart function assessment.
  • Exhibited agency and rapid problem-solving capability.
  • Demonstrated the passion to implement creative and novel approaches to solve multifaceted problems as they arise.
  • What We Offer

  • Opportunity for outsized impact creating the future as an early team member
  • Generous medical, dental and vision insurance coverage
  • Flexible time off and paid holidays
  • Competitive compensation package, including salary and equity
  • 401(k) retirement savings plan
  • FSA and commuter benefits
  • Subsidized lunch daily
  • Ready to Apply?

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