Your Impact at LILA
Our team works on AI methods for therapeutic protein design, with a tight loop between computation and the wet lab. A co-op could take on either of two tracks, or a mix of both. (1) Generative models and protein design pipelines: build, benchmark, and improve methods for designing proteins (such as antibodies and minibinders), with candidates tested in our lab so results are grounded in experimental data. (2) AI agents for protein design campaigns: build and evaluate agents that help plan campaign strategy (target and epitope selection, choosing methods and settings), execute campaigns (launching design and filtering runs, diagnosing failures, adapting the next round), and reason over biological priors from the literature alongside the outputs of domain-specific models. Either way, the co-op would own a well-scoped project, ship code and analyses that feed real design decisions and scientific outcomes.
What You'll Be Building
Develop, evaluate, and apply agentic systems for protein design and/or deep generative models for protein design.
What You'll Need to Succeed
- Strong python and and computational science background.
- Experience with coding agents.
- Experience with machine learning for molecular design
Bonus Points For
- Experience with customizing agents, building harnesses, or using agents for scientific applications
- Solid technical understand and experience with generative models.
About LILA
Lila Sciences is building Scientific Superintelligence to solve humankind's greatest challenges. We believe science is the most inspiring frontier for AI. Rather than hard-coding expert knowledge into tools, LILA builds systems that can learn for themselves.
LILA combines advanced AI models with proprietary AI Science Factory instruments into an operating system for science that executes the entire scientific method autonomously, accelerating discovery at unprecedented speed, scale, and impact across medicine, materials, and energy. Learn more at www.lila.ai.
Guided by our core values of truth, trust, curiosity, grit, and velocity, we move with startup speed while tackling problems of historic importance.
We're All In
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Co-op, Agentic and Generative Protein Design in Cambridge employer: Lilasciences
Lila is an exceptional employer that fosters a collaborative and innovative work culture, perfect for those passionate about advancing AI safety. Located in a vibrant tech hub, employees benefit from continuous professional development opportunities, a supportive team environment, and the chance to make a meaningful impact in the field of advanced scientific capabilities. Join us to be at the forefront of cutting-edge research while enjoying a balanced work-life dynamic.
