Life Sciences Research Scientist (PhD): Wet Lab & Computational Biology
- Pay
- $45–$90/hour
- Where
- Remote
- Type
- Contract
- Eligibility
- Open worldwide
- Listing
- Last verified Oct 16, 2026
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Overview
Develop and review demanding life-sciences problems for AI training using both experimental and computational research expertise.
Responsibilities
- Write challenging expert-level life-sciences problems with solutions that are clear and verifiable.
- Assess AI answers for scientific correctness, rigor and reasoning depth, including subtle mistakes a non-specialist might miss.
- Build detailed grading rubrics and reference answers from primary literature and established experimental and computational methods.
- Use expertise in genomics, transcriptomics and single-cell/spatial omics, epigenomics, proteomics and metabolomics, microbiome and metagenomics, structural biology, drug discovery, systems biology, and clinical/translational research.
- Connect experimental and computational perspectives to judge proposed experiments, analysis pipelines and interpretations for scientific soundness.
- Explain reasoning clearly in writing so other specialists can check it.
- Meet quality standards through peer review and repeated feedback.
Requirements
- A completed PhD in Biology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Immunology, Neuroscience, Microbiology or a closely related life-science field.
- Hands-on research in an academic, institutional or industry laboratory.
- Professional spoken and written English at C1 level or higher.
Preferred
- Strongly preferred: personally performed wet-lab experiments, such as PCR/qPCR, cell culture, sequencing-library preparation, Western blot, protein purification, LC-MS sample preparation or CRISPR workflows.
- Strongly preferred: academic research as a postdoc, staff scientist, research faculty member or equivalent.
- Strongly preferred: peer-reviewed papers, ideally as first or corresponding author.
- Strongly preferred: PhD from a leading research university in the US, UK or another leading institution.
Engagement and pay
- Pay: $45-$90 per hour (USD).
- Remote contractor. Weekly hours, engagement length and start date are not stated.
Eligibility
- The source explicitly states Remote (Worldwide).