We are currently seeking applicants for the following positions.
We look forward to your application.
(Recruitment would be closed once the positions are filled.)
Please see application and interview procedures here.
Updated July 26, 2023
| Job description |
Our goals is to achieve "data-driven cell control" and "data-driven drug discovery" based on our platform technologies and cell big data. We are looking for researchers who can utilize bioinformatics, machine learning, statistics, and mathematical science to accelerate technology development for drug discovery and the practical application of regenerative medicine. We can analyze large-scale, high-precision cell big data which can be obtained only by our experimental technologies. Our research projects consist of (A) in-house research projects and (B) collaborative research projects with other companies. (A) Development of cell control technology that integrates single-cell, large-scale transcriptome analysis technology and cell culture optimization technology: ・Research to improve the quantitative and qualitative throughput of single-cell and large-scale transcriptome analysis technology by more than one digit ・Research to build a cell culture system, a micro-volume medium preparation system, and a multifaceted cell evaluation system in a microspace, and to improve the current screening throughput of culture conditions by more than two digits ・In-house research to acquire gene expression profiles and metadata of "various types of cell lines x various cell states" and build our own integrated database ・Research to advance laboratory automation data acquisition process (B) Collaborative researches with client companies: ・Phenotypic drug discovery and clinical biomarker identification using single-cell, large-scale transcriptome data ・Identification of cell quality markers for cell medicines and optimization of cell culture conditions |
| Qualification Requirements |
Must: ・General knowledge of statistics and machine learning (hypothesis testing, linear models, cross-validation, etc.) ・Programming experience (Python, R, Rust, or Julia) Want: ・General knowledge of molecular biology ・General knowledge of bioinformatics ・Ph.D. in biology, informatics, engineering, pharmacy, medicine, agriculture, etc. ・Research experience in drug discovery and regenerative medicine ・Experience in collaboration with experimental researchers ・Corporate R&D experience ・Team management ・Experience in gene expression analysis using NGS ・Experience in imaging data analysis ・Experience in omics data analysis ・Experience in mathematical model analysis ・Experience in building packages and libraries ・Experience in developing new platform technology |
| Location | Nihombashi office or Kobe Laboratory (You can combine WFH) |
| Type of employment | Full-time regular employment (No fixed period of employment) Probation period: 3 months (under the same condition as regular employment) |
| Salary and salary increase | - To be determined in consideration of experience, ability, age, etc. (annual income of more than 6 million yen) - Salary increase once a year - Overtime payment |
| Working hours | From 9am to 6pm (prescribed working hours 8 hours and 1 hour break) - We can discuss working hours (e.g. flexible system) |
| Holidays/Vacations | - Two days off per week (Saturday and Sunday) - 120 or more annual holidays including public holidays, New Year's holidays - Special leave such as paid leave, congratulatory or condolence leave, moving leave, refresh leave, etc. |
| Welfare | - Social insurance programs: pension insurance, health insurance, employment insurance, and workers' compensation - Subsidies for medical examination expenses - Leased company housing system |
| Transportation expenses | - Public transportation: up to 50,000 yen per month - Commuting by car: negotiable |
Please see application and interview procedures here.
Updated August 31, 2022
| Job description |
Our goals is to achieve "data-driven cell control" and "data-driven drug discovery" based on our platform technologies and cell big data. We are looking for researchers who are motivated in a wide range of research and development, from basic to applied, and who can promote technological development and commercialization for the creation of new drugs and the practical application of regenerative medicines. Illustrative Projects: ・Research to build cell culture systems, micro-volume medium preparation systems, and multifaceted cell evaluation systems at a microspace level, and to improve the current screening throughput of culture conditions by more than two digits ・Research on cell culture optimization which integrates single-cell, large-scale transcriptome analysis and the above cell culture screening technology ・In-house research to acquire gene expression profiles and metadata of "various types of cell lines x various cell states" and build our own integrated database ・Research to advance laboratory automation data acquisition process Other Ongoing Projects: ・Research to improve the quantitative and qualitative throughput of single-cell and large-scale transcriptome analysis by more than one digit ・Research to develop high-throughput technology which can measure multi-omics information simultaneously ・Collaborative researches with other companies / academia conducting phenotypic drug discovery and clinical biomarker identification using single-cell and large-scale transcriptome data ・Collaborative researches to search for quality markers for cell medicines and optimize cell culture conditions |
| Qualification Requirements |
Must: Equivalent to Ph.D. in science 5 years or more of research work experience in any of the following themes: ・Cell culture techniques (including experience of culturing multiple types of primary human cells and stem cells) ・Omics (especially transcriptome) ・High-throughput screening ・Quantitative analysis of biological substances ・Solution chemistry and condensed matter physics ・Cell performance/quality evaluation (proliferation, titer/efficacy, ability to induce differentiation, etc.) ・Automation of biological experiments ・New construction of bio-experimental technology Want: ・Expertise in drug discovery and regenerative medicines ・Team management skills ・Cell sorting skills for rare population cells ・Knowledge of statistical analysis, Bayesian optimization, design of experiments, and quality engineering ・Programming ・Patent application experience ・Business-level English communication skills |
| Location | Kobe Laboratory |
| Type of employment | Full-time regular employment (No fixed period of employment) Probation period: 3 months (under the same condition as regular employment) |
| Salary and salary increase | - To be determined in consideration of experience, ability, age, etc. (annual income of more than 6 million yen) - Salary increase once a year - Overtime payment |
| Working hours | From 9am to 6pm (prescribed working hours 8 hours and 1 hour break) - We can discuss working hours (e.g. flexible system) |
| Holidays/Vacations | - Two days off per week (Saturday and Sunday) - 120 or more annual holidays including public holidays, New Year's holidays - Special leave such as paid leave, congratulatory or condolence leave, moving leave, refresh leave, etc. |
| Welfare | - Social insurance programs: pension insurance, health insurance, employment insurance, and workers' compensation - Subsidies for medical examination expenses - Leased company housing system |
| Transportation expenses | - Public transportation: up to 50,000 yen per month - Commuting by car: negotiable |
Please see application and interview procedures here.
Updated November 30, 2022
| Job description |
Would you like to develop transcriptome analysis technology with the world's highest precision and the throughput? We are looking for researchers who develop platform technology for data-driven drug discovery and practical application of regenerative medicine. Our single-cell transcriptome analysis technology was ranked as No.1 in the accuracy score in the Human Cell Atlas international benchmarking project in 2020. In addition, our large-scale bulk transcriptome analysis technology has dozens of times the throughput compared with conventional RNA-seq technology. However, there is still room for improvement and we would like to evolve them to accelerate the development of new drugs for patients with intractable diseases. Illustrative Projects: ・Research to improve the quantitative and qualitative throughput of single-cell and large-scale transcriptome analysis technology by more than one digit ・Research to advance laboratory automation and data acquisition process ・Research to develop high-throughput technology which can measure multi-omics information simultaneously Other Ongoing Projects: ・In-house research on cell control technologies which integrates transcriptome analysis and cell culture optimization technique to improve culture condition screening throughput by more than two digit ・In-house research to acquire gene expression profiles and metadata of "various types of cell lines x various cell states" and build our own integrated database ・Collaborative researches with other companies / academia conducting phenotypic drug discovery and clinical biomarker identification using single-cell and large-scale transcriptome data ・Collaborative researches to search for quality markers for cell medicines and optimize cell culture conditions |
| Qualification Requirements |
Must: Equivalent to Ph.D. in science Enthusiasm to develop cutting-edge technologies 5 years or more of research work experience in any of the following themes: ・Omics (especially transcriptome) ・Construction of molecular biology experimental system or biomolecular measurement system ・Construction of high-throughput screening system ・Laboratory automation Want: ・Expertise in drug discovery or regenerative medicines ・Team management skills ・Development of reagents, molecular biology research kits, diagnostic agents, clinical test agents, in-vitro diagnostic agents, and test kits ・Genetic engineering experiment ・Knowledge of enzymatic reactions ・Knowledge of statistical analysis, Bayesian optimization, design of experiments, and quality engineering ・Programming ・Patent application experience ・Business-level English communication skills |
| Location | Kobe Laboratory |
| Type of employment | Full-time regular employment (No fixed period of employment) Probation period: 3 months (under the same condition as regular employment) |
| Salary and salary increase | - To be determined in consideration of experience, ability, age, etc. (annual income of more than 6 million yen) - Salary increase once a year - Overtime payment |
| Working hours | From 9am to 6pm (prescribed working hours 8 hours and 1 hour break) - We can discuss working hours (e.g. flexible system) |
| Holidays/Vacations | - Two days off per week (Saturday and Sunday) - 120 or more annual holidays including public holidays, New Year's holidays - Special leave such as paid leave, congratulatory or condolence leave, moving leave, refresh leave, etc. |
| Welfare | - Social insurance programs: pension insurance, health insurance, employment insurance, and workers' compensation - Subsidies for medical examination expenses - Leased company housing system |
| Transportation expenses | - Public transportation: up to 50,000 yen per month - Commuting by car: negotiable |
Please see application and interview procedures here.
Updated June 26, 2023
| Job description |
We are looking for technical staff who can proactively support development of new technologies and acquisition of cell big data which lead to "data-driven cell control". If you want to expand the scope of work and career as a technical staff, shall we take on a challenge together at our company? We plan to ask for following experiments and laboratory environment maintenance: ・Cell biology experiments (cell culture, passaging, cryopreservation, screening, and cell sorting) ・Molecular biology experiments (cDNA library preparation, next-generation sequence and microplate reader operation) ・Medium preparation (reagent weighing, solution preparation) ・Experiment-related paperwork (e.g. SOP creation, contracts / expense sheets processing) ・Laboratory environment maintenance (daily inspection of equipment, cleaning and tidying up, waste liquid treatment, inventory management and ordering of reagents and consumables, etc.) ・Other paperworks (e.g. sending documents, receiving goods) Considering your past experience and wishes, you may be also asked to conduct research works related to cell culture and molecular biology. Our research projects consist of (A) in-house research projects and (B) collaborative research projects with other companies: (A) Development of cell control technology that integrates single-cell, large-scale transcriptome analysis and cell culture optimization technology: ・Research to improve the quantitative and qualitative throughput of our single-cell and large-scale transcriptome analysis by more than one digit ・Research to build a cell culture system, a micro-volume medium preparation system, and a multifaceted cell evaluation system in a microspace, and to improve the current screening throughput of culture conditions by more than two digits ・In-house research to acquire gene expression profiles and metadata of "various types of cell lines x various cell states" and build our own integrated database ・Research to advance laboratory automation data acquisition process (B) Collaborative researches with client companies: ・Phenotypic drug discovery and clinical biomarker identification using single-cell, large-scale transcriptome data ・Identification of cell quality markers for cell medicines and optimization of cell culture conditions We will explain about the specific scope of work and your discretion at an interview. |
| Qualification Requirements |
Must: ・Graduation of university in science fields, bio-related junior college, bio-related vocational school graduate or above ・General cell culturing techniques (e.g. human-derived cells, stem cells) ・Experience in molecular biology experiments (RNA extraction, PCR, qPCR, nucleic acid quantification, etc.) ・Proactiveness ・Precise and detailed work Want: ・Ph.D. or master's degrees ・Experiments on next-generation sequencing ・High throughput screening ・Preparation of reagents and culture media (e.g. weighing, automatic dispensing, etc.) ・Simple programming ・Research experience in a company (pharma and biotech) for over a year ・Can discuss with researchers based on research data ・Can catch up / learn quickly ・Can work enthusiastically |
| Location | Kobe Laboratory |
| Type of employment | Full-time regular employment (No fixed period of employment) Probation period: 3 months (under the same condition as regular employment) |
| Salary and salary increase | - To be determined in consideration of experience, ability, age, etc. (annual income of more than 4 million yen) - Salary increase once a year - Overtime payment |
| Working hours | From 9am to 6pm (prescribed working hours 8 hours and 1 hour break) - We can discuss working hours (e.g. flexible system) |
| Holidays/Vacations | - Two days off per week (Saturday and Sunday) - 120 or more annual holidays including public holidays, New Year's holidays - Special leave such as paid leave, congratulatory or condolence leave, moving leave, refresh leave, etc. |
| Welfare | - Social insurance programs: pension insurance, health insurance, employment insurance, and workers' compensation - Subsidies for medical examination expenses - Leased company housing system |
| Transportation expenses | - Public transportation: up to 50,000 yen per month - Commuting by car: negotiable |
Please see application and interview procedures here.
Updated August 31, 2022
| Job description |
You will lead and expand our goal of "data-driven drug discovery." Based on a broad understanding of current drug discovery research, we are looking for people who can challenge our own drug discovery approach together. Illustrative Projects: ・Planning of disease and drug discovery strategies ・Planning of novel drug discovery projects and action plans ・Recruitment of drug discovery research team (researchers and technical staff) ・Promotion and management of drug discovery researches (e.g. acquisition of large-scale gene expression data from clinical samples, elucidation of disease mechanisms using bioinformatics, identification of drug targets and verification, modality selection, and whole transcriptome-based phenotypic drug discovery screening) ・Development / management of drug discovery pipeline, collaborative development / licensing with pharmaceutical companies Other Ongoing Projects: ・In-house research on cell regulation that integrates our transcriptome analysis and cell culture optimization technology to improve culture condition screening throughput by more than two digit ・In-house research to acquire gene expression profiles and metadata of "various types of cell lines x various cell states" and build our own integrated database ・Collaborative researches with other companies (including academia) conducting phenotypic drug discovery and clinical biomarker identification using single-cell, large-scale transcriptome data ・Collaborative researches to search for quality markers for cell medicines and optimize cell culture conditions |
| Qualification Requirements |
Must: ・Total 5 years or more of research and management experience in drug discovery at pharmaceutical companies / biotechs, etc. ・Equivalent to Ph.D. in science (e.g. pharmacy, science) Want: ・Experience in planning, leading, and managing drug discovery strategies and projects at pharmaceutical companies / biotechs ・Team management skills ・Knowledge in pharmacology, organic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, biochemistry, and pharmacokinetics ・Knowledge of chemoinformatics and bioinformatics ・Knowledge of statistical analysis, Bayesian optimization, design of experiments, quality engineering ・Programming ・Patent application experience ・Overseas research experience, business-level English communication skills |
| Location | Kobe Laboratory |
| Type of employment | Full-time regular employment (No fixed period of employment) Probation period: 3 months (under the same condition as regular employment) |
| Salary and salary increase | - To be determined in consideration of experience, ability, age, etc. - Salary increase once a year - Overtime payment |
| Working hours | From 9am to 6pm (prescribed working hours 8 hours and 1 hour break) - We can discuss working hours (e.g. flexible system) |
| Holidays/Vacations | - Two days off per week (Saturday and Sunday) - 120 or more annual holidays including public holidays, New Year's holidays - Special leave such as paid leave, congratulatory or condolence leave, moving leave, refresh leave, etc. |
| Welfare | - Social insurance programs: pension insurance, health insurance, employment insurance, and workers' compensation - Subsidies for medical examination expenses - Leased company housing system |
| Transportation expenses | - Public transportation: up to 50,000 yen per month - Commuting by car: negotiable |
Please see application and interview procedures here.
Updated August 31, 2022
| Job description |
We are looking for people in charge of business development related to innovative phenotypic drug discovery and regenerative medicine using our core technology, which was ranked as No.1 in a international benchmarking project (published in the Nature Biotechnology 2020). We would like to expand our business through collaborative researches with pharmaceutical companies and biotechs at home and abroad. Illustrative works: ・Planning of business development strategies and revenue plans, and involvement in corporate strategies ・Searching, targeting and leading acquisition of clients mainly overseas pharmaceutical companies ・Licensing, contract and IP negotiations, monetization ・Management of ongoing collaborative research projects Examples of ongoing research projects: ・Phenotypic drug discovery and clinical biomarker identification using single-cell, large-scale transcriptome data ・Identification of cell quality markers for cell medicines and optimization of cell culture conditions |
| Qualification Requirements |
Must: ・Capability and experience in searching for clients (mainly overseas pharmaceutical companies), making of collaboration proposals, formulation of revenue plans, contract / IP negotiations ・Communication in English (experience in negotiating and executing contracts in English) Want: ・Bio-related degree (master's course or higher in biology, pharmacology, agriculture, medicine, etc.) ・Work experience in the pharmaceutical / biotechnology industry (including consulting) ・R&D experience in drug discovery and regenerative medicine fields |
| Location | Nihombashi Office |
| Type of employment | Full-time regular employment (No fixed period of employment) Probation period: 3 months (under the same condition as regular employment) |
| Salary and salary increase | - To be determined in consideration of experience, ability, age, etc. - Salary increase once a year - Overtime payment |
| Working hours | From 9am to 6pm (prescribed working hours 8 hours and 1 hour break) - We can discuss working hours (e.g. flexible system) |
| Holidays/Vacations | - Two days off per week (Saturday and Sunday) - 120 or more annual holidays including public holidays, New Year's holidays - Special leave such as paid leave, congratulatory or condolence leave, moving leave, refresh leave, etc. |
| Welfare | - Social insurance programs: pension insurance, health insurance, employment insurance, and workers' compensation - Subsidies for medical examination expenses - Leased company housing system |
| Transportation expenses | - Public transportation: up to 50,000 yen per month - Commuting by car: negotiable |
Please see application and interview procedures here.
| Application |
Please apply by e-mail with the following documents attached. The subject of the application email should be “Recruitment Application” and the address should be “Recruitment Section”. Please include your desired job title in the body of the email. [Application documents (format is free)] ・Resume ・Curriculum vitae In addition, please fill in the above documents with your motivation and self-promotion. 【address】 Knowledge Palette Co., Ltd. Recruitment Section careers[@]knowledge-palette.com * Recruitment would be closed once the positions are filled. |
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| Document screening |
We will review the submitted application documents. We will notify you of the results by email within a week or so, regardless of whether you pass or fail. Applicants who pass the screening will be notified of the schedule for the first interview. |
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| First interview |
We will conduct an individual interview about the job you will be in charge of and your specialty. You will be asked to introduce yourself, why you want to apply, and give a brief presentation (about 10-20 minutes) about your experience so far, followed by a question-and-answer session. It is also an opportunity to deepen your understanding of the company and duties, so if you have any questions, please ask. We will notify you of the results by email or phone. * Currently, we are planning to conduct online. You can visit us if you wish. |
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| Final interview |
Those who pass the first interview will be asked about their skills and experience in more detail in an individual interview. We would like you to visit the company and feel the atmosphere of the actual company. We will notify you of the results by email or phone. * In addition to the above selection process, we may ask for additional interviews and document submissions. |
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| Unofficial offer | We will send a job offer notification to those who pass the final interview. |
* Personal information acquired from application documents will be used for the purpose of complying with the Personal Information Protection Act and for the purpose of conducting necessary procedures for personnel, salary, and welfare relations after hiring, and for purposes other than this purpose. not used or provided. The application documents will be destroyed in an appropriate manner after the selection process is completed.
