Research Associate/Senior Research Associate, Oligonucleotide Chemistry

Korro is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing a new class of genetic medicines for both rare and highly prevalent diseases using its proprietary RNA editing platform. Korro is generating a portfolio of differentiated programs that are designed to harness the body’s natural RNA editing process to effect a precise yet transient single base edit. By editing RNA instead of DNA, Korro is expanding the reach of genetic medicines by delivering additional precision and tunability, which has the potential for increased specificity and improved long-term tolerability. Using an oligonucleotide-based approach, Korro expects to bring its medicines to patients by leveraging its proprietary platform with precedented delivery modalities, manufacturing know-how, and established regulatory pathways of approved oligonucleotide drugs. Korro’s lead program is for Urea Cycle Disorders. Korro is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. For more information, visit korrobio.com.  

We are collaborative and united by a common mission. We are building a company with extraordinary people with an audacious vision to create transformative genetic medicines for prevalent diseases. Our values - Rewrite the future, On the Cutting Edge, Better Together, Dynamically Different, Kindness and Integrity form the fabric of the organization. They are reinforced daily and serve as key dimensions in the hiring process to help us ensure that Korro is a magnet for outstanding talent and a great place to work. Join us as we redefine what's possible in genetic medicine and work to make a lasting impact on human health. 

Korro Bio is seeking a motivated, detail-oriented Research Associate to join our Oligonucleotide Chemistry team. The successful candidate will synthesize, purify, and characterize chemically modified oligonucleotides and conjugates on automated platforms, supplying oligonucleotides for screening across Korro’s discovery programs. This is a hands-on, lab-based role suited to someone with practical oligonucleotide synthesis experience who takes ownership of instrument operation and maintenance, keeps meticulous records, and communicates results clearly to the team and cross-functionally. This position reports to Scientist II and is based on-site in Cambridge, MA.