Biology Research Scientist (Independent Contractor)

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Who should apply?BA/BS + 5 years, MS + 2 years, or PhD with relevant industry/drug discovery experience.Background in pharmacology, biochemistry, molecular biology, or chemical biology.Hands-on experience with binding or functional assays such as SPR, TR-FRET, kinase or GPCR assays.Currently active in a research/scientist role.Familiarity with UniProt and protein target validation workflows.What you'll doReview scientific papers and patents to verify protein targets.Identify incorrect target assignments and propose corrections.Provide concise, evidence-based scientific reasoning.Experience with ChEMBL, BindingDB, or PubChem is a plus.Mercor is partnering with a leading AI research organization to hire experienced Biology Research Scientists to help verify protein target assignments in large-scale bioactivity databases used in AI drug discovery.📌 Immediate start | Independent contractor

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Our vast talent network trains frontier AI models in the same way teachers teach students: by sharing knowledge, experience, and context that can't be captured in code alone. Today, more than 30,000 experts in our network collectively earn over $2 million a day.

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Biology Research Scientist (Independent Contractor)

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