Gene Editing Scientific Reviewer
Job Description
Evaluate gene-editing content for scientific accuracy and appropriate treatment of safety-sensitive biological topics.
What you will do
• Review and annotate AI responses about CRISPR and gene editing.
• Assess scientific validity, safety relevance and potential dual-use concerns.
• Flag misleading techniques or biosecurity issues and provide structured reasons for each judgment.
• Complete the agreed evaluation set within its defined work period.
Required background
• Current enrollment in or completion of a relevant master’s program or a PhD from year 2 onward, in molecular/cell/synthetic/computational biology, bioengineering, genetics, microbiology, virology or biomedical engineering.
• At least two years of practical CRISPR/gene-editing laboratory experience.
• Familiarity with Cas9/Cas12/Cas13 systems, Benchling/CRISPick/CHOPCHOP guide-design tools and cell-line work.
• Experience with off-target assessment methods such as CIRCLE-seq or GUIDE-seq.
Preferred background
• Disease or therapeutic gene-editing research.
• Base/prime-editing or gene-drive experience.
• DURC, biosafety policy or biosecurity knowledge.
• BSL-2• experience or laboratory clearance.
• Python/R bioinformatics, sequence analysis or BLAST.
• Experience in gene-editing therapeutics or biosecurity organizations.
Availability
• Remote and asynchronous, with a one-week planning window and an estimated 10–20 hours; dates and scope are agreed before beginning.
Pay and engagement
$1,050–$1,260/project; exceptional up to $1,575
The standard approved fee is $1,050–$1,260 for the agreed project.
An exceptional-candidate fee of up to $1,575 may be agreed before you start.
Amounts are in USD. The applicable rate or fee and work requirements are agreed before you begin.