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Research Scientist/Engineer, Deep Brain Two Photon Imaging and Optogenetics

Astera · Emeryville HQ, Country not listed · First seen 2026-08-17 · 0-4 years

Company Overview Astera Neuro, part of the Astera Institute, is building the tools to decipher and ultimately write the neural codes behind perception, thought, behavior, and internal state. Since these tools don't yet exist, we're assembling a founding team of neuroscientists, computational scientists, and engineers t

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Research Scientist / Engineer, Functional Ultrasound Imaging

Astera · Emeryville HQ, Country not listed · Posted 2026-08-16 · 12+ years

Company Overview Astera Neuro is a philanthropically funded research organization within the Astera Institute, working to decipher and ultimately write the neural codes underlying perception, thought, behavior, and internal state. The tools this requires do not yet exist, so we are assembling a founding team of experim

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Optical Engineer, Precision Instrumentation

Astera · Emeryville HQ, Country not listed · Posted 2026-08-16 · 3-12 years

Company Overview Astera Neuro is a philanthropically funded research organization within the Astera Institute, working to decipher and ultimately write the neural codes underlying perception, thought, behavior, and internal state. The tools this requires do not yet exist, so we are assembling a founding team of experim

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Lead Scientist, Macaque Whole-Brain Mapping & Atlas Development

Astera · Emeryville HQ, Country not listed · Posted 2026-08-16 · 12+ years

Company Overview Astera Neuro is a philanthropically funded research organization within the Astera Institute, working to decipher and ultimately write the neural codes underlying perception, thought, behavior, and internal state. The tools this requires do not yet exist, so we are assembling a founding team of experim

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Research Scientist, All-Optical Working Memory

Astera · Emeryville HQ, Country not listed · Posted 2026-08-16 · 0-4 years

Company Overview Astera Neuro is a philanthropically funded research organization within the Astera Institute, working to decipher and ultimately write the neural codes underlying perception, thought, behavior, and internal state. The tools this requires do not yet exist, so we are assembling a founding team of experim

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Probe Engineer

Astera · Emeryville HQ, Country not listed · Posted 2026-08-16 · 12+ years

Company Overview Astera Neuro is a philanthropically funded research organization within the Astera Institute, working to decipher and ultimately write the neural codes underlying perception, thought, behavior, and internal state. The tools this requires do not yet exist, so we are assembling a founding team of experim

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Experimental Neuroscientist

Astera · Emeryville HQ, Country not listed · Posted 2026-08-16 · 12+ years

# Company Overview Astera Neuro, part of the Astera Institute, is building the tools to decipher and ultimately write the neural codes behind perception, thought, behavior, and internal state. Since these tools don't yet exist, we're assembling a founding team of neuroscientists, computational scientists, and engineers

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Research Associate, Rodent Surgery & Behavior

Astera · Emeryville HQ, Country not listed · Posted 2026-08-16 · 6+ years

Company Overview Astera Neuro is a philanthropically funded research organization within the Astera Institute, working to decipher and ultimately write the neural codes underlying perception, thought, behavior, and internal state. The tools this requires do not yet exist, so we are assembling a founding team of experim

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Human Neuroscientist, Intracranial Recording

Astera · Emeryville HQ, Country not listed · Posted 2026-08-16 · 12+ years

Company Overview Astera Neuro is a philanthropically funded research organization within the Astera Institute, working to decipher and ultimately write the neural codes underlying perception, thought, behavior, and internal state. The tools this requires do not yet exist, so we are assembling a founding team of experim

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Computational Neuroscientist, Modeling / Theory

Astera · Emeryville HQ, Country not listed · Posted 2026-08-16 · 12+ years

Company Overview Astera Neuro, part of the Astera Institute, is building the tools to decipher and ultimately write the neural codes behind perception, thought, behavior, and internal state. Since these tools don't yet exist, we're assembling a founding team of neuroscientists, computational scientists, and engineers t

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Animal Trainer Specialist

Astera · Emeryville HQ, Country not listed · First seen 2026-08-15 · 3+ years

# Company Overview Astera Neuro, part of the Astera Institute, is building the tools to decipher and ultimately write the neural codes behind perception, thought, behavior, and internal state. Since these tools don't yet exist, we're assembling a founding team of neuroscientists, computational scientists, and engineers

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Operations Coordinator

Astera · Emeryville HQ, Country not listed · Posted 2026-08-15 · 1-3 years

Company Overview Astera Neuro is a philanthropically funded research organization within the Astera Institute, working to decipher and ultimately write the neural codes underlying perception, thought, behavior, and internal state. The tools this requires do not yet exist. We are assembling a founding team of experiment

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Data and Partnerships Associate

Astera · Washington, DC, US · Posted 2026-08-14 · 7+ years

# About Astera Astera is a private foundation on a mission to steer science and technology toward an abundant future for all. We believe the coming years will bring an era of unprecedented scientific and technological advancement as exponential progress in AI converges with central advances in other fields to dramatica

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Principal AI Scientist (Polytope Bio)

Astera · New York or San Francisco, US · Posted 2026-07-29 · 2-5 years

# About Astera: Astera is a private foundation on a mission to steer science and technology toward an abundant future. We believe the coming years will bring an era of unprecedented scientific and technological advancement as exponential progress in AI converges with central advances in other fields to dramatically acc

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Senior/Staff AI Scientist (Polytope Bio)

Astera · New York or San Francisco, US · Posted 2026-07-29 · 1-2 years

# About Astera: Astera is a private foundation on a mission to steer science and technology toward an abundant future. We believe the coming years will bring an era of unprecedented scientific and technological advancement as exponential progress in AI converges with central advances in other fields to dramatically acc

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Molecular Design & DNA Nanotechnology Lead

Astera · Emeryville HQ, Country not listed · Posted 2026-07-23

# About Astera Astera is a private foundation on a mission to steer science and technology toward an abundant future. We believe the coming years will bring an era of unprecedented scientific and technological advancement as exponential progress in AI converges with central advances in other fields to dramatically acce

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Nanoelectronics & Device-Physics Engineer

Astera · Emeryville HQ, Country not listed · Posted 2026-07-23

# About Astera Astera is a private foundation on a mission to steer science and technology toward an abundant future. We believe the coming years will bring an era of unprecedented scientific and technological advancement as exponential progress in AI converges with central advances in other fields to dramatically acce

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Bioconjugate & Surface-Chemistry Consultant

Astera · Emeryville, CA, US · Posted 2026-07-23

# About Astera Astera is a private foundation on a mission to steer science and technology toward an abundant future. We believe the coming years will bring an era of unprecedented scientific and technological advancement as exponential progress in AI converges with central advances in other fields to dramatically acce

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Computational Chemistry / Theory Consultant

Astera · Emeryville, CA, US · Posted 2026-07-23

# About Astera Astera is a private foundation on a mission to steer science and technology toward an abundant future. We believe the coming years will bring an era of unprecedented scientific and technological advancement as exponential progress in AI converges with central advances in other fields to dramatically acce

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Precision Instrumentation Control & Estimation Consultant

Astera · Emeryville, CA, US · Posted 2026-07-23

# About Astera Astera is a private foundation on a mission to steer science and technology toward an abundant future. We believe the coming years will bring an era of unprecedented scientific and technological advancement as exponential progress in AI converges with central advances in other fields to dramatically acce

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Events and Communications Lead

Astera · Emeryville HQ, Country not listed · Posted 2026-07-16

# About Us Astera Institute is a new kind of research organization that operates outside the constraints of markets or academia, and is itself an experiment in how research organizations can move faster, take smarter risks, and create lasting public goods. Our key programs include: - Radial supports biotechnology-focus

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Finance Lead (Contract to Hire)

Astera · Emeryville HQ, Country not listed · Posted 2026-07-16 · 8-12 years

## About Us Astera is a private foundation on a mission to steer science and technology toward an abundant future. We believe the coming years will bring an era of unprecedented scientific and technological advancement as exponential progress in AI converges with central advances in other fields to dramatically acceler

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Residency Manager

Astera · Emeryville HQ, Country not listed · Posted 2026-07-08 · 5-10 years

# About Us Astera Institute is a new kind of research organization that operates outside the constraints of markets or academia, and is itself an experiment in how research organizations can move faster, take smarter risks, and create lasting public goods. Our Residency is a fully funded, 12–18 month program that suppo

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Research Assistant - Structural Bioinformatics

Astera · Emeryville HQ, Country not listed · Posted 2026-07-07

# About Astera: Astera is a private foundation on a mission to steer science and technology toward an abundant future. We believe the coming years will bring an era of unprecedented scientific and technological advancement as exponential progress in AI converges with central advances in other fields to dramatically acc

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Scientist - Computational Biophysics

Astera · Emeryville HQ, Country not listed · Posted 2026-07-07

# About Astera: Astera is a private foundation on a mission to steer science and technology toward an abundant future. We believe the coming years will bring an era of unprecedented scientific and technological advancement as exponential progress in AI converges with central advances in other fields to dramatically acc

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Principal Software Engineer, Neuroscience Platforms

Astera · Emeryville HQ, Country not listed · Posted 2026-06-29

# About the Role At Astera Neuro, we are deciphering how activity across billions of neurons becomes thought, perception, and the conscious experience of the world and ourselves. Doing that requires building cutting-edge tools and infrastructure to interface with, record, and control neural activity at an unprecedented

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Principal Hardware Engineer, Precision Instrumentation

Astera · Emeryville HQ, Country not listed · Posted 2026-06-29

# About the Role At Astera Neuro, we are deciphering how activity across billions of neurons becomes thought, perception, and the conscious experience of the world and ourselves. Doing that requires building cutting-edge tools and infrastructure to interface with, record, and control neural activity at an unprecedented

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Software Engineer, The Stacks - Radial Science

Astera · Emeryville HQ, Country not listed · Posted 2026-06-26 · 3+ years

# About Astera Astera is a private foundation on a mission to steer science and technology toward an abundant future. We believe the coming years will bring an era of unprecedented scientific and technological advancement as exponential progress in AI converges with central advances in other fields to dramatically acce

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Research Scientist - Computational Neuroscience

Astera · Emeryville, CA, US · Posted 2026-06-25

# About Astera: Astera is a private foundation on a mission to steer science and technology toward an abundant future. We believe the coming years will bring an era of unprecedented scientific and technological advancement as exponential progress in AI converges with central advances in other fields to dramatically acc

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Recruiting Coordinator

Astera · Emeryville HQ, Country not listed · Posted 2026-06-23 · 2+ years

# About Us Astera is a private foundation on a mission to steer science and technology toward an abundant future. We believe the coming years will bring an era of unprecedented scientific and technological advancement as exponential progress in AI converges with central advances in other fields to dramatically accelera

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Project Manager - DiffUSE Project

Astera · Emeryville HQ, Country not listed · Posted 2026-05-28 · 2-5 years

# About DiffUSE The DiffUSE Project is building open infrastructure to study protein dynamics using experimental data. The project spans wet-lab collaborators, computational scientists, ML researchers, and software engineers across Astera, Radial, and partner institutions. Our vision is to create a world where it is po

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General DiffUSE Job Application

Astera · Emeryville HQ, Country not listed · Posted 2026-05-21

# About DiffUSE DiffUSE is a project at the Astera Institute building open infrastructure for studying protein dynamics directly from experimental data. We work at the interface of structural biology (crystallography, cryo-EM), modern machine learning, computational biophysics, and open scientific tooling. Our team spa

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In Vitro Neuroscientist

Astera · Emeryville HQ, Country not listed · Posted 2026-05-18

# About Astera Astera is a private foundation on a mission to steer science and technology toward an abundant future. We believe the coming years will bring an era of unprecedented scientific and technological advancement as exponential progress in AI converges with central advances in other fields to dramatically acce

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Computational Neuroscience Intern - Data Analysis and Modeling

Astera · Emeryville, CA, US · Posted 2026-05-14

# About Astera Astera is a private foundation on a mission to steer science and technology toward an abundant future. We believe the coming years will bring an era of unprecedented scientific and technological advancement as exponential progress in AI converges with central advances in other fields to dramatically acce

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Software Engineering Intern – Distributed Simulation Systems

Astera · Emeryville, CA, US · Posted 2026-05-13

# About Astera Astera is a private foundation on a mission to steer science and technology toward an abundant future. We believe the coming years will bring an era of unprecedented scientific and technological advancement as exponential progress in AI converges with central advances in other fields to dramatically acce

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Research Scientist / Engineer, Two-Photon Imaging & Holographic Optogenetics

Astera · Emeryville HQ, Country not listed · Posted 2026-04-20

We are no longer accepting applications for this position Thank you for your interest in Astera Neuro! # Position Summary Astera Neuro is a neuroscience research company building the tools and infrastructure required to understand how the brain works at scale. This role is central to that mission. You will lead develop

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Radial Postdoctoral Fellow – Dynamic Structural Biology (diffUSE Project)

Astera · Ithaca, NY (Cornell University), US · Posted 2026-04-07

# Position Summary The diffUSE Project is seeking a highly motivated structural biologist to push the boundaries of X-ray crystallography for studying protein dynamics. Work will be done within the Ando lab. The Ando lab is known for developing and integrating advanced structural techniques (crystallography, SAXS, and

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Machine Learning Researcher - Springtail

Astera · Emeryville HQ, Country not listed · Posted 2026-03-29

# About Astera Astera is a private foundation on a mission to steer science and technology toward an abundant future. We believe the coming years will bring an era of unprecedented scientific and technological advancement as exponential progress in AI converges with central advances in other fields to dramatically acce

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Scientist - Ensemble Structural Informatics

Astera · Emeryville HQ, Country not listed · Posted 2026-03-10

# Position Summary The diffUSE Project is seeking a Scientist to join a multidisciplinary team to help build the infrastructure needed to host and distribute dynamic structural biology data. The diffUSE Project is an ambitious initiative designed to advance our understanding of protein dynamics by building the experime

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Head of Bio AI - Radial

Astera · Emeryville HQ, Country not listed · Posted 2026-03-10

# About Astera Astera is a private foundation on a mission to steer science and technology toward an abundant future. We believe the coming years will bring an era of unprecedented scientific and technological advancement as exponential progress in AI converges with central advances in other fields to dramatically acce

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Research Scientist: Hierarchical RL Agents

Astera · Emeryville HQ, Country not listed · Posted 2026-02-25

# Position Summary We are seeking brilliant, unconventional thinkers to join us. In this role, you will not be chasing incremental gains on standard benchmarks. Instead, you will be tasked with developing the foundational principles of Artificial General Intelligence. We believe that understanding the "code of the brai

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Research Scientist/Engineer

Astera · Emeryville HQ, Country not listed · Posted 2026-02-25

# Position Summary We are seeking brilliant, unconventional thinkers to join us. In this role, you will not be chasing incremental gains on standard benchmarks. Instead, you will be tasked with developing the foundational principles of Artificial General Intelligence. We believe that understanding the "code of the brai

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Research Scientist: Energy Based Models

Astera · Emeryville HQ, Country not listed · Posted 2026-02-25

# Position Summary We are seeking brilliant, unconventional thinkers to join us. In this role, you will not be chasing incremental gains on standard benchmarks. Instead, you will be tasked with developing the foundational principles of Artificial General Intelligence. We believe that understanding the "code of the brai

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Research Scientist: Hierarchical Sensorimotor Perception

Astera · Emeryville HQ, Country not listed · Posted 2026-02-25

# Position Summary We are seeking brilliant, unconventional thinkers to join us. In this role, you will not be chasing incremental gains on standard benchmarks. Instead, you will be tasked with developing the foundational principles of Artificial General Intelligence. We believe that understanding the "code of the brai

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Research Scientist - Simplex

Astera · Emeryville HQ, Country not listed · Posted 2026-02-12

# What We're Building at Simplex At Simplex, we're building a science of intelligence. Our aim is to develop and apply a rigorous theory of latent internal structure in neural networks, and how that structure relates to computation and behavior. We believe that when dealing with intelligence, understanding is safety. W

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Staff Software Engineer

Astera · Emeryville HQ, Country not listed · Posted 2026-01-29

# About Astera Astera is a private foundation with a $2.5B endowment on a mission to steer science and technology toward an abundant future for all. Unlike traditional foundations, we operate like a high-velocity startup with unprecedented access to computational resources and complete freedom from funding pressures or

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Senior Software Engineer

Astera · Emeryville HQ, Country not listed · Posted 2026-01-29

# About Astera Astera is a private foundation on a mission to steer science and technology toward an abundant future. We believe the coming years will bring an era of unprecedented scientific and technological advancement as exponential progress in AI converges with central advances in other fields to dramatically acce

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Site Reliability Engineer

Astera · Emeryville HQ, Country not listed · Posted 2026-01-29

# About Astera Astera is a private foundation with a $2.5B endowment on a mission to steer science and technology toward an abundant future for all. Unlike traditional foundations, we operate like a high-velocity startup with unprecedented access to computational resources and complete freedom from funding pressures or

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Principal Software Engineer

Astera · Emeryville HQ, Country not listed · Posted 2026-01-28

# About Astera Astera is a private foundation with a $2.5B endowment on a mission to steer science and technology toward an abundant future for all. Unlike traditional foundations, we operate like a high-velocity startup with unprecedented access to computational resources and complete freedom from funding pressures or

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The Stacks Product Manager

Astera · Emeryville HQ, Country not listed · Posted 2025-12-09 · 7+ years

# About Astera Astera is a private foundation on a mission to steer science and technology toward an abundant future for all. We believe the coming years will bring an era of unprecedented scientific and technological advancement as exponential progress in AI converges with central advances in other fields to dramatica

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